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 Looking South towards the Port | |
 Via Laietana within the district of Ciutat Vella | |
| Length | 1.1054 km (0.6869 mi) |
| Location | Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| From | Plaça d'Urquinaona |
| To | Plaça d’Idrissa Diallo and Plaça de Correus |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 1907 |
Via Laietana (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbi.ə ləjəˈtanə]) is a major street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in the Ciutat Vella district. The avenue runs from Plaça d'Urquinaona, at the city center, to Plaça d'Idrissa Diallo and Plaça de Correus (formerly Plaça d'Antonio López),[1][2] by the seafront, and separates the neighbourhoods of the old city it has on either side: La Ribera/El Born and Sant Pere on one and Barri Gòtic on the other. It can be seen as an extension of Carrer de Pau Claris in the Eixample.
It is lined with numerous examples of Modernista, Art Deco, and Noucentista neo-classical architecture, and historically hosted the headquarters of a number of banks (notably the former buildings of la Caixa and Caixa Catalunya), as well as other institutions.
Via Laietana was named after the Laietani, an Iberian people who inhabited the region around Barcelona, Maresme, Vallès, and Baix Llobregat.
- ^ "Former Plaça d'Antonio López to be named after Idrissa Diallo". City Council of Barcelona. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "La plaça d'Antonio López canvia de nom i passa a ser la plaça d'Idrissa Diallo". City Council of Barcelona (in Catalan).
La plaça d'Antonio López es converteix en dues places que tenen com a noms oficials Idrissa Diallo i de Correus.