Plaça de Lesseps is a square serving as the border between the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, situated on the north-west of the city, surrounded by districts of Les Corts, Gràcia, Eixample i Horta-Guinardo, and by the villages of Sant Just, Sant Feliu, Molins de Rei and Sant Cugat...

 and Gràcia

Gràcia

Gràcia is a district of the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It comprises the neighborhoods of Vila de Gràcia, Vallcarca i els Penitents, El Coll, La Salut and Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova. Gràcia is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the south, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi to the west and...

 district of 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...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

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, loosely divided in two parts. One of the most heavily transited squares in the city, Lesseps is the starting point of one of Barcelona's busiest rondes: Ronda del General Mitre, as well as being the west end of Carrer Gran de Gràcia and being crossed by a number of streets, namely: Travessera de Dalt

Travessera de Dalt

Travessera de Dalt is an important and much-transited street in Barcelona . It spans a good deal of the city's district of Gràcia, starting at the tunnel entrances at Plaça de Lesseps, and running towards the tunnels system near Plaça Sanllehy, where it changes name and merges into Ronda del Guinardó...

, Avinguda del Príncep d'Astúries, Avinguda de Vallcarca, Avinguda de la República Argentina, Carrer del Torrent de l'Olla, Carrer de la Mare de Déu del Coll, Carrer de Santa Perpètua, Carrer de Maignon and Carrer de Pérez Galdós.

A traditionally arbored spot of the city, it's been under heavy reforms for years to move the route of the aforementioned rondes, allowing the square to become a more pedestrian-friendly place while easing the heavy traffic that crosses it on a daily basis. It's named after Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI was the French developer of the Suez Canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas in 1869, and substantially reduced sailing distances and times between the West and the East.He attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a sea-level...

, who was a consul

Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...

 in Barcelona and intervened against the 1842 bombing of the city ordered by General Baldomero Espartero and Captain-General Juan Van Halen

Juan Van Halen

Juan Van Halen y Sarti , , was a Spanish military and liberal from Flemish ancestors, and Colonel in a Russian Caucasus Dragoon's Regiment for 18 months, until his removal by Tsar Alexander I of Russia.Aged 15, he traveled in 1803 from Cadiz on the frigate "Anfitrite" as a...

. Ferdinand de Lesseps actually owned a house in this square. Before 1895 the square had been known as Josepets, after the 1626 convent of Santa Maria de Gràcia, also known as Els Josepets", which remained a popular name for the square, although now outdated.

Schools

• Col·legi d'Educació Infantil i Primària Rius i Taulet
• Aula de Formació d'Adults Rius i Taulet

Metro

• Lesseps metro station, one of the city's oldest 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...
  
   stations, served by L3
  Barcelona Metro line 3
  — Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...
  
  . It's expected to be served by L9
  Barcelona Metro line 9
  Line 9 is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009...
  
  in the future.

Bus

The following bus routes reach Plaça de Lesseps:

• Line 22 Pl. Catalunya - Ctra. Esplugues
• Line 24 Av. Paral·lel - Carmel
• Line 28 Pl. Catalunya - Carmel
• Line 31 Hospital Clínic - Canyelles
• Line 32 Estació de Sants - Roquetes
• Line 74 Zona Universitària - Fabra i Puig
• Line 87 Pg. Maragall - Travessera de Gràcia
• Line 92 Pg. Marítim - Gràcia
• Line 116 Gràcia - La Salut
• Tibibus

External links

• Location at the official interactive guide of Barcelona
• Photos at Bcn.cat
• Project at the urbanism section of the official city council website (Bcn.cat
• About the L9 station
• Associació de Veïns i Comerciants de la Plaça Lesseps (in Catalan)
• Lesseps Square (Barcelona) through maps. The evolution of urban space (in Catalan)