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2.   Sants - Plaça Espanya- Tarragona - Sants
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Exit of the meter of line V, blue color.
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Route:
Plaça de Sants, C/ Olzinelles, Plaça Bonet i Muixí (Málaga), Pas d'en Fructuos Gelabert, C/ Sants, Plaça D'Osca, Parc de l'Espanya Industrial i C/ Creu Coberta, Plaça d'Espanya, Montjuich, Les Arenes, C/ Tarragona, Estació, Av. Sant Antoni, Pça de Sants.
   
We raised pié by the Olzinelles street. 
Native street of personages like Angel Casas, well-known presenter of television and actress, Amparo Moreno.
 
Soon we arrived at the plaça Bonet i Muixí. 
Where we were with the mosen de Santa Maria dels Sants (that seems to be, it gives name to the district)
   
 The Sunday of Branches marks the beginning of the Easter. 
In the photo pérroco can be appreciated to mosen Andreu Conangla, celebrating the celebration of the Sunday of branches ahead of its church.
   
There same turning to the left, we found the Cotxeres de Sants, civic center of the located district where previously there were garages of the street car of Barcelona. 
Closely together of in the Cros street the political party Republican Esquerra of Catalunya was born the 17 here of March of 1931.
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And.. we arrived at the street Sants, still today well-known like the highway, this route even communicated Barcelona with the populations of the environs and with Madrid.
   
Today it is a commercial boulevard.
   
The Plaça d'Osca was the seat in century XIX of the old market of Sants. 
Month behind schedule would be born in a house of this seat the singer Nuria Feliu, whose parents were proprietors of positions of sale in the New Market of Sants.
   
The Park of l'Espanya Industrialist is a green zone with a lake of great beauty. 
Formerly there was one makes of weaves, that name gave to the present park.
   
Returning to street of Sants we found the limit between the districts of Sants i Hostafrancs. 
In fact in this point the street of Sants changes of name i happens to be called Creu Coberta. 
Still today they are left vestiges of a brook that separated bariums both and of the bridge that united them.
WE ENTERED THE HOSTAFRANCS DISTRICT
Next we arrived at the seat of the district of Sants-Montjuic, tambié well-known n like mayorship of district. 
This is thus because month ago of 100 years Sants i Hostafrancs they were independent towns of Barcelona and they had his own city council.
     
In the seat of the District a plate remembers to us that we are near the sea Mediterréneo. 
To only 27.6 meters of altitude on its mean level.
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 We directed our passages in direction of the plaça d' Espanya, by the street Creu Coberta. 
   
Where we found the market of Hostafrancs.
   
Next to the market, a shutdown of the tourist bus.
   
And when arriving at the street Sant Roc, we found the church of l'Angel Custodi the emblemética month of Hostafrancs. 

As much here in the Vilardell street, like in the Herenni seat he is fécil to find groups of horsemen of gypsy ethnic group who meet to chat. Being this one of the old establishments month in the city of Barcelona.
 

   
The axis Sants-Creu Coberta, a spine of the district and a pretty commercial boulevard.
   
And in days of spring it turns out to be a very pleasant stroll.
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The plaça d'Espanya has great interé main host s for being of Fira of Barcelona.
    
Entrance of the Park of Montjuich i of the Museu Nacional d'Art of Catalunya.
   
You sand to them, is one old bullring that is being transformed into Commercial Center.
   
Vista of You sand to them to the bottom and of the monument of it “dona i ocell” work of Joan Miró.
   
Building of Alianz offices in the Tarragona Avenue, just in the limit of the District of Sants-Montjuïc.
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Diverse buildings of offices of the Tarragona Avenue, next to the monument of “dona i ocell”.
   
 Vista of the “Parc of l'Escorxador” next to the Avenue of Tarragona. 
   
  Avenue of Tarragona, quizés is the design street modern month of the District.
   
 Building of the Hotel Torre Catalunya. 
One is in the confluence of station the RENFE Barcelona-Sants and the Tarragona Avenue.
 
  OF RETURN TOWARDS SANTS 
 “The Plaça dels Països Catalans” is just in front of the station, is the first exponent of which it occurred in calling hard seats. Characterized by the absence of érboles. 
To the bottom the towers of the Parc of l'Espanya can be appraised Industrialist.
 
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Photo par excellence of the railway station of Barcelona-Sants. Just upon the station is the Barceló hotel.
    
We are pending to obtain authorization of the RENFE to be able to offer some photography of the interior of the station of Sants.
     
 To the other side of the station, we found the plaça of Joan Peiró. 
By this side we will follow in direction of the plaça of Sants.
   
 This Vista allows to see, the cinemas Balañé Palace. And the Avenue Sant Antoni, to the bottom would be left the plaça of Sants. 
   
 Already in the Avenue Sant Antoni, we appreciated the one that soon serén the terraces of the bars. 
Once the sun leaves, these terraces fill of people, who take themselves but varied refreshments.
   
 And it is that the mediterrénea life appreciates these small pleasures excessively. 
   
 And again we arrived at Plaça de Sants. Is ready to begin the third route by Sants?. 
 
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Pere Tor    June  2006