Via Laietana

Via Laietana (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbi.ə ləjəˈtanə]) is a major street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in the Ciutat Vella district. The avenue runs from Plaça d'Urquinaona, at the city center, to Plaça d'Idrissa Diallo and Plaça de Correus (formerly Plaça d'Antonio López), by the seafront, and separates the neighbourhoods of the old city it has on either side: La Ribera/El Born and Sant Pere on one and Barri Gòtic on the other. It can be seen as an extension of Carrer de Pau Claris in the Eixample.

It is lined with numerous examples of Modernista, Art Deco, and Noucentista neo-classical architecture, and historically hosted the headquarters of a number of banks (notably the former buildings of la Caixa and Caixa Catalunya), as well as other institutions.

Via Laietana was named after the Laietani, an Iberian people who inhabited the region around Barcelona, Maresme, Vallès, and Baix Llobregat.