Place de Barcelone (Tunis)
Place de Barcelone is a square in the center Tunis, capital of Tunisia.
Location
The square is surrounded by the streets of Belgium and Ali-Darghouth. The streets that converge towards the square are the streets of Holland, Koufa, Greece, Ali-Darghouth, England, Spain, as well as Avenue Farhat-Hached. It is not far from the embassies of France in Tunisia, Italy and Place Mongi-Bali.Transport
It is home to an important urban transport hub, with the Tunis light metro, many bus lines, the Gare de Tunis managed by the Tunisian National Railway Company and a public garden.In 2011 it was the place of several demonstrations.
In 2008 the central director of major projects of the Société des transports de Tunis announced that it would launch a redevelopment project with a total value of 27.3 million dinars. He must create an underground bus station, the whole of the place then being dedicated to the metro; an improvement in traffic in the neighboring streets and avenues is also expected.