Gran Via () is the second major
business district
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of
Barcelona
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, after
Diagonal Mar. It forms part of the
Fira de Barcelona, the second largest trade fair and exhibition centre in
Europe
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. It straddles the borders between
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
,
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and
El Prat de Llobregat. The Gran Via business centre consists of the following subdivisions: ''Gran Via'', which has 240,000 m
2 of exhibition floor space divided into 8 pavilions; the ''Gran Via Convention Centre'', with capacity for 5,600 delegates and a surface area of 14,000 m
2; the more than ten skyscrapers alongside
Plaza de Europa; also ''Gran Vía 2'' near
Barcelona International Airport, which has a shopping centre with 200 shops, 20 restaurants, 15 cinemas and a hypermarket.
About Gran Vía 2
- granvia2.com Gran Via is also adjacent to Ciutat de la Justícia de Barcelona i l'Hospitalet de Llobregat which hosts most of the legal departments of the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Public transport
The "Gran Via" center is served by line 8 of the Barcelona Metro
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and FGC commuter train network, at the Europa-Fira station, and also by the bus line 79.
Skyscrapers
See also
* Diagonal Mar, major business district of Barcelona
* Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, more simply known as Gran Via, street in Barcelona
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* Blau@Ictínea ( ca)
References
External links
Aerial photographs of Gran Via on Fira de Barcelona page
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Neighbourhoods of Barcelona
Economy of Barcelona
Central business districts
Financial districts in Spain
Skyscrapers in Barcelona