Plaça de la República, Barcelona

Plaça de la República (in Catalan, meaning in English: Republic Square), previously called "Plaça de Llucmajor" is a square in Barcelona, unofficially regarded as the nucleus of its Nou Barris district.

Besides, it's the official border between four neighbourhoods of the district: La Guineueta, La Prosperitat, Porta and Verdum.

Being scarcely more than a roundabout, its center is occupied since 1990 by a 30-metre high metal monument made by Josep Viladomat in the 1930s called La República, with the effigy of Francesc Pi i Margall.

The monument was originally located in the much more famous intersection between Passeig de Gràcia and Avinguda Diagonal, which is nowadays still crowned by a Francoist monument.

[clarification needed] The November 29, 2015 the City Council announced the upcoming change of name of the square, which will be renamed "Plaça de la República".