Placa Sant Felip Neri

Name: Placa Sant Felip Neri
Address: Barcelona, Barcelona, ES

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Plaça Sant Felip Neri is a square in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, centred on a Baroque church, a 14th-century palace and a fountain.

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The Church of Saint Philip Neri’s façade, still marked by shrapnel from the 1938 bombing.
The 14th-century palace brought here from Via Laietana.
The Church of Saint Philip Neri, a rare Baroque building designed by Pere Bertran and Salvador Ausich i Font.

Tipuana trees and the fountainTipuana tipu trees shade Joaquim Ros de Ramis’s fountain.Around the fountain at the centre of the square.
Entrance façade on San Felipe Neri StreetLook for the square’s reconstructed entrance façade, assembled from elements of older buildings.San Felipe Neri Street.

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1752
The square was once the site of the Palace of Neri, built in 1752.
Plaça de Sant Felip Neri - Wikipedia
The house beside the church is used by the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
Plaça de Sant Felip Neri - Wikipedia

The square’s architecture combines Renaissance and Baroque buildings.

MedievalThe square occupies the site of the former Montjuïc del Bisbe cemetery.
1673An Oratory congregation house was established here.
1721–1752The Church of Saint Philip Neri was built on the square’s west side.
1920sThe palace was relocated to the square.
30 January 1938Bombing killed 42 people, most of them children sheltering beneath the church, and destroyed the adjoining houses. A second bomb struck during rescue efforts.

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Mid-20th centuryCity architect Adolf Florensa i Ferrer led the rebuilding, restoring the square’s Renaissance appearance with buildings relocated stone by stone.

On footFrom Barcelona Cathedral, take the narrow street beside the cloister toward the square.
On footAlternatively, go via San Felipe Neri Street and then San Severo Street.
TrainJaume I metro station is on line 4.
BusRoutes 45, 59, 91, 120, V13, V15, V17 and the Barcelona tourist bus serve the area.

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Barcelona

Which neighbourhoods meet at Plaça Sant Felip Neri?

The square stands in the Call and Sant Felip Neri neighbourhoods of the Gothic Quarter.

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