Avinguda Meridiana

After looking at the quaint monuments of the Gare du Nord Park, I went out on the Meridian Avenue, which starts from the Citadel Park and stretches to the Sant Andreu district. This is one of the most important highways in Barcelona, connecting the city center and the northern part of the city. Absolutely straight street is strictly oriented from south to north, for which it got its name.

The weather finally improved, the evening sun appeared, and I moved on, deciding to still reach the famous "Banana" - Torre Agbar.

The Meridian section from the Gare du Nord to the Square de la Glorieuse is bounded on the right by the old railway line, and on the left is a real hotbed of culture. Here is the Barcelona Concert Hall (I don't know why, but I didn't get it in the frame) and the National Theater of Catalonia (Teatre Nacional de Catalunya). The building was built in 1996 according to the project of the already well-known Ricardo Bofill. The glass facade of the building forms a kind of greenhouse - the foyer of the theater is decorated with exotic vegetation. In three halls of the theater, performances are given in a wide variety of genres-from classics to children's plays and musicals, productions are performed in Catalan.

Next up is a futuristic architecture building - the Fira de Bellcaire flea market, more commonly known as the Encants Vells (Old harms).

Behind the market, you can already see the Plaza de les Glòries Catalanes, next to which the Barcelona HUB complex and the Agbar Tower are located.