Plaça Urquinaona is one of the most important squares in central Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

. It's officially part of Dreta de l'Eixample

Dreta de l'Eixample

Dreta de l'Eixample is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia . It's located east of Carrer de Balmes...

, in the Eixample

Eixample

The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns , constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries....

 district, located on the crossing between Ronda Sant Pere and Carrer d'Ausiàs March.

It's crossed by a few major streets, such as Carrer de Pau Claris, Via Laietana or Carrer Roger de Llúria. Its urbanised surface amounts to 18050 square meters, and has a green central area. It was named after José María de Urquinaona y Vidot

José María de Urquinaona y Vidot

José María Urquinaona y Bidot was a bishop of Barcelona. Born in Cádiz, he was presented at the First Vatican Council as secretary of the bishops from Spain. In 1878, he was made bishop of Barcelona. The Plaça Urquinaona is named after him....

, born in Cádiz

Cádiz

Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

 and made bishop of Barcelona in 1878. The square is crowned by the Torre Urquinaona and was created in 1857, after the demolition of the Sant Pere and Jonqueres bastions. Its first name was Plaça Nova de Jonqueres. It also went for a number of other names before the approval of the current one in 1980: Bisbe Urquinaona; Ferrer i Guàrdia, Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Bisbe Urquinaona and Nova de Junqueres

Transport

• Barcelona Metro
  Barcelona Metro
  The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...
  
   station Urquinaona
  Urquinaona (Barcelona Metro)
  right|thumb|300px|View of one of the platforms.Urquinaona is the name of a station in the Barcelona Metro network, served by TMB lines L1 and L4. One of the metro stations in the city centre, and one of the busiest, it's located underneath Ronda de Sant Pere and Via Laietana, next to Plaça...
  
  , on lines L1
  Barcelona Metro line 1
  — Line 1, shortened to L1 and known as "Hospital de Bellvitge - Fondo", coloured red and often simply called Línia vermella , is the second oldest metro line in Barcelona, after L3. It is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona . It appeared as a means to join the rail stations the city...
  
   and L4
  Barcelona Metro line 4
  — Line 4, currently known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" , is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network...
  
  .

See also

• List of streets and squares in Eixample
• Carrer de Jonqueres

External links

• Camera on Plaça d'Urquinaona and Via Laietana