Plaça del Rei (King's square). Barcelona.
Plaça del Rei is one of the most emblematic of the city of Barcelona, located in the Gothic quarter. Keep rectangular arrangement arising from urbanization project that took place during the reign of Martin the Humane in the second half of the fourteenth century. This project is intended to make a place where long be able to hold tournaments and remove, so the market that are traditionally made. [1] The King's Square has been the county's historical and royal power in the city. It is a monumental square surrounded by Gothic and Renaissance buildings and enclosed on all sides except the south-west, where it communicates with the Cathedral through the Reduced Santa Clara Street and the booklet Veguer across the street. On the northern side stands in front of the Royal Palace, Gothic tower of the Mirador del Rei Martí on the far left, where you get a good view of the medieval city. On the right side, the steps leading to Tinell Hall and the Chapel of St. Agatha, which closes the front of the east side of the square. The southeast side contains Padellàs House, the Museum of History of Barcelona, a Gothic house that was moved here from street merchants to open up the Via Laietana. The west side is occupied by the Renaissance Palace of the Lieutenant century XVI. At the southeast corner of the square there is the sculpture Topos V, Eduardo Chillida. In this space there was for many years one of the columns of the Temple of Augustus, now you can visit the courtyard Hiking Centre of Catalonia, the streets of Paradise.
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Location: Plaça del Rei, Barcelona; Barcelones; Barcelona; Catalonia; Spain.
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