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 Looking South towards the Port | |
 Via Laietana within the district of Ciutat Vella | |
| Length | 1.1054 km (0.6869 mi) |
| Location | Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
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| Inauguration | 1907 |
Via Laietana (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbi.ə ləjəˈtanə]) is a major thoroughfare in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in the Ciutat Vella district. The avenue runs from Plaça Urquinaona to Plaça d'Antonio López, by the seafront, and separates the neighbourhoods of the old city it has on either side: La Ribera/El Born and Sant Pere on one and Barri Gòtic on the other. It is lined with numerous examples of Modernista, Art Déco, and Noucentista neo-classical architecture, and historically hosted the headquarters of a number of banks (notably the former buildings of la Caixa and Caixa Catalunya), as well as other institutions.
It can be seen as an extension of Carrer de Pau Claris in the Eixample. Via Laietana was named after the Laietanii, an Iberian people who inhabited the region around Barcelona, Maresme, Vallès, and Baix Llobregat.