Fira de Barcelona - Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona - Torres Venecianes - 100 Automobile Barcelona

Heading round the Plaça d'Espanya in Barcelona. Around here the rain was getting a bit heavy outside of the coach, so from beyond here the sites were harder to see.

Plaça d'Espanya (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈplasə ðəsˈpaɲə]) is one of Barcelona's most important squares, built on the occasion of the 1929 International Exhibition, held at the foot of Montjuïc, in the Sants-Montjuïc district.

Heading past the Fira de Barcelona

Fira de Barcelona is the fair institution of Barcelona and one of the most important in Europe . Every year, it organizes numerous halls and congresses where leading companies from different economic sectors meet to present their news, exchange experiences, know-how and promote business. Since December 2015, its director is Constantí Serrallonga .

Fira has its origins at the Universal Exhibition of 1888 , for which the fairgrounds of the Ciutadella Park were built.

The first Barcelona Fair Fair itself was held in October 1920 at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes in the Ciutadella Park. It was carried out every year until 1925. On the occasion of the inauguration of the 1929 International Exhibition , the holding of trade fairs was moved to the new facilities created in Montjuïc, a space where this world event was held .

Subsequently, in 1933 a new stage began that was interrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936. It was in 1942 when, under the name of the Official and International Trade Fair of Barcelona, it embarked on a new era that has gone evolving up to nowadays according to the needs of the market.

In 1932, the company Fira Internacional de Barcelona was officially established, declared of public utility, and in 2000 the Generalitat of Catalonia joined the governing bodies, with the City Council of Barcelona and the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona. Barcelona . In 2010, it revised its strategic plan, under the name of "new value proposition", in order to move ahead to the demands of the market based on reinforcing the positioning of the halls, fostering innovation and knowledge and giving a new impetus to the international business.

The consortium had before 2013 pre-tax profits of 10 million euros.

Torres Venecianes - Venetian towers.

One of the most prominent attraction in Placa d’Espanya are the two Venetian towers which were built in 1928, as a gateway to the site of the 1929 World Exhibition (at the entrance to Avinguda Reina Cristina). The towers, each measuring 47 m in height, were designed by Ramon Raventos and modelled upon the Bell Tower of the St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice.

The 1919 / 2019 banners were for 100 Automobile Barcelona.

Automobile Barcelona – International Motor Show which was held from the 11th to 19th May 2019.

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Taken on: May 17, 2019

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