Barceloneta Square
According to the development plan of Barceloneta, this area was the center of the new district and remained so until the construction of high-rise buildings in the late 19th century.
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The house of Lesseps (Casa Lesseps) - in this house from 1842 to 1848 lived the Consul of France Ferdinand de Lesseps.
![Barcelona. The House Of Lesseps (Lesseps Casa) Barcelona. The House Of Lesseps (Lesseps Casa)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9758/26384437.312/0_c8a8a_d739251f_XXL.jpg)
But Lesseps ' fame was not in international diplomacy, but as an engineer, the author of the Suez canal construction project.
![Barcelona. The House Of Lesseps (Lesseps Casa) Barcelona. The House Of Lesseps (Lesseps Casa)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9162/26384437.312/0_c8a8b_8878f5ee_XL.jpg)
In the center of the square there is a beautiful cast-iron lantern in art Nouveau style.
![Barcelona. The Area Of Barceloneta Barcelona. The Area Of Barceloneta](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9760/26384437.312/0_c8a89_c3dfc1cd_XL.jpg)
He it is also a water source. I haven't tried drinking it myself, but I haven't seen any forbidding signs, so you can quench your thirst here.
![Barcelona. The Area Of Barceloneta Barcelona. The Area Of Barceloneta](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9328/26384437.312/0_c8a8c_42c0f840_XL.jpg)