La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christ
View over the Rambla from the Christopher Columbus monument, with the neighbourhoods of El Raval to the left and Barri Gòtic to the right
Lucien Frank [fr], La Rambla à Barcelone, c. 1915–1917.
Pavement mosaic by Joan Miró on La Rambla
On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing 13 people and injuring at least 1
La Rambla, Barcelona
…for the market to continue. After years of fighting the legislation, the market was forced to close. On 17 August 2017, many people were struck by a van deliberately driven down the sidewalk on La Rambla in a terrorist attack, causing 16 deaths and at least 300 injuries. The tree-lined central promenade of La Rambla is crowded during the day and until…
La Rambla, the site of the van attack; pictured in 2011
"Paviment Miró" - where the van stopped after the attack in Las Ramblas
Passeig Marítim – the location of the second car attack
The King of Spain going to lay a wreath with the President of Catalonia and the Mayor of Barcelona