Ronda de Sant Pere is a thoroughfare in central

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, one of the main roads in the lower side of

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, part of the

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district. It runs from the ''

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'', in Passeig de Lluís Companys, through Plaça Urquinaona towards

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, where the medieval city walls stood before the construction of Eixample. After Plaça de Catalunya it becomes Ronda de la Universitat. It features the famous Rafael de Casanova monument, built in 1888 by Rossend Nobas, Josep Llimona and Alexandre Soler March for the

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of that year, commemorating the Catalan leader who defended Barcelona during the

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in the early 18th century. Several days every year, most notably on the

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(September 11) and

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(April 23), flower offerings take place by the statue. The street is named after the neighbourhood of Sant Pere (Saint Peter), part of the

Ciutat Vella Ciutat Vella (, meaning in English "Old City") is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ''Ciutat Vella'' is nest ...

district, located immediately below it, and the Monastery of Sant Pere de les Puel·les. Other streets in the area named after the saint include Carrer de Sant Pere més Alt, Carrer de Sant Pere Mitjà, Carrer de Sant Pere més Baix.

Transport

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stations

, Urquinaona (both on line L1 and

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(on L1 and L3. The latter also includes a FGC-operated station including metro lines L6 and L7 and several other metropolitan railway lines. *

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, operated by

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History of ''Eixample''
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Transport

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