Plaça Espanya is one of Barcelona’s largest squares and the main approach to Montjuïc. Designed for the 1929 International Exhibition, it stands out for its scale and carefully composed layout: the allegorical fountain by Josep Maria Jujol, the Venetian Towers and the former bullring Las Arenas, now converted into a shopping centre. A key transport hub and meeting point, it links the intensity of the city with the gardens, museums and viewpoints of the hill. Traffic moves in constant circles, while the eye is drawn upwards.
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Conceived not simply as a roundabout but as a formal entrance to the 1929 Exhibition, the square was always meant to make an impression.
The central fountain, designed by Josep Maria Jujol, is a symbolic composition in stone, with rivers, virtues and allegorical figures that often go unnoticed.
