Travessera de Gràcia is a street in 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...

 named after 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...

, a district

Districts of Barcelona

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain proper is presently divided into 10 districts. These are administrated by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The current division of the city into...

 it crosses, even though it spans two more districts. It starts in Plaça de Francesc Macià

Plaça de Francesc Macià, Barcelona

Plaça de Francesc Macià is a square in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Located in one of the main business areas of the city, it's one of the most transited points of Barcelona. It's crossed by Avinguda Diagonal and several other major thoroughfares: Avinguda de Josep Tarradellas, Travessera de...

 in 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 ends in Carrer de Cartagena in Horta-Guinardó

Horta-Guinardó

Horta-Guinardó is the name of one of the districts of Barcelona, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and el Guinardó, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km², which sums up for the 11,9% of the total extension of the...

, where one of the landmarks of the city, the Hospital de Sant Pau

Hospital de Sant Pau

The present Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia , is a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

 stands. Its central part follows the outline of a medieval road, Via Francisca, documented in 1057. Its current name was approved in 1932. Before 1867, it was known as Travesera, with the older spelling and no reference to the neighbourhood, since Gràcia was an independent village. Other names the street had were Orden and Solar. One of the main markets of the city in its heyday is also on this street: Mercat de l'Abaceria Central, which opened in 1892.

Transport

• Gràcia
  Gràcia (Barcelona Metro)
  Gràcia is a railway station in Gràcia, Barcelona operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, part of Barcelona Metro and Metro del Vallès commuter train networks. It was opened in 1929 as part of FGC's Gràcia line, and was the terminus of all commuter train lines nowadays known under...
  
   station, on FGC
  Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
  Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya , or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain....
  
   and Barcelona 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...
  
   networks, on Plaça de Gal·la Placídia
  Plaça de Gal·la Placídia, Barcelona
  Plaça de Gal·la Placídia is a square split between the districts of Gràcia and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, in Barcelona, Spain. Its exact location is between Travessera de Gràcia, Carrer de Neptú, Carrer de Milton, Carrer de l'Oreneta and Via Augusta....
  
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• The part of the street in Vila de Gràcia
  Vila de Gràcia
  Vila de Gràcia , also known as Gràcia, is a neighborhood in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia . This neighborhood was the main core of the old town of Gràcia that included also Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova. It was the center of slave trading for over 200 years....
  
   near Mercat de l'Abaceria is best accessed from Barcelona 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...
  
   station Joanic
  Joanic (Barcelona Metro)
  Joanic is a station of the Barcelona Metro network located in the district of Gràcia. It's served by L4.The station opened in 1973. It's located under carrer de Pi i Margall between Plaça Joanic and carrer de l'Alegre de Dalt, and it can be accessed either from the former or from carrer de...
  
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• The Trambaix
  Trambaix
  The Trambaix is a light rail system operated by TRAMMET connecting the Baix Llobregat area with the city of Barcelona, Catalonia. It opened to the public on April 5, 2004 after a weekend when the tram could be used free of charge....
  
   station Francesc Macià is on one of the ends of the street. Likewise, there's a Barcelona Metro station called Hospital de Sant Pau
  Hospital de Sant Pau (Barcelona Metro)
  thumb|300px|right|A view of the station's platforms.Sant Pau | Dos de Maig is a station on L5 of the Barcelona Metro.Named for the Hospital de Sant Pau World Heritage Site which it serves, the station is located underneath Carrer Indústria in the Eixample, between Carrer Cartagena and Carrer Dos de...
  
  near the opposite end.