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Carrer Gran de Gràcia, Barcelona

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Carrer Gran de Gràcia is the main street of Gràcia, one of the Barcelona districts. Gran de Gràcia is a shopping street that has been the centre of the district's commercial area for a long time already, dating to the time when Gràcia was a separate town (that is, until 1897). It stretches from the West side of Passeig de Gràcia towards Plaça Lesseps.

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Carrer Gran de Gràcia, Barcelona
Carrer Gran de Gràcia, Barcelona

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N 41.4 ° E 2.1552777777778 °
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Carrer Gran de Gràcia
08001 Barcelona (Gràcia)
Catalonia, Spain
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