Plaça de la Independència
Plaça de la Independència features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Girona. Give it roughly ~20 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type square
- Suggested visit ~20 min
- Girona Girona guide
About Plaça de la Independència
The grand arcaded square across the river, ringed by uniform neoclassical facades and lively cafe terraces. At its centre stands a bronze monument to the defenders of Girona in the great sieges against Napoleon.
The Plaça de la Independència, in the Mercadal district across the Onyar, is Girona's grand 19th-century square, ringed by uniform neoclassical facades over arcades busy with cafe and restaurant terraces. It was laid out from the 1850s on the site of a former Augustinian convent, to a plan by the city architect Martí Sureda, and completed in its present symmetrical form only in the late 20th century.
At its centre rises a bronze monument of 1894 to the defenders of Girona in the sieges of 1808-1809, when the city held out against Napoleon's armies for seven months. Lively day and night, the square is one of the busiest in the city.
Did you know? The Plaça de la Independència, across the river in the Mercadal district, is Girona's grand 19th-century square, ringed by uniform neoclassical facades over arcades lined with cafe and restaurant terraces.
How long is a visit to Plaça de la Independència?
Set aside roughly ~20 min for Plaça de la Independència. That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is Plaça de la Independència worth your time?
Plaça de la Independència is among the 13 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Girona, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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