Gran Via (Barcelona)

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Gran Via ({{IPA|ca|ˈɡɾam ˈbi.ə}}) is the second major business district of Barcelona, after Diagonal Mar. It forms part of the Fira de Barcelona, the second largest trade fair and exhibition centre in Europe. It straddles the borders between Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat. The Gran Via business centre consists of the following subdivisions: Gran Via, which has 240,000 m² of exhibition floor space divided into 8 pavilions;{{cite web|url=http://www.firabcn.es/location/granVia.do |title=Fira de Barcelona, Venues - Gran Via}} the Gran Via Convention Centre, with capacity for 5,600 delegates and a surface area of 14,000 m²;{{cite web|url=http://www.firabcn.es/location/conventionCenter.do |title=Fira de Barcelona, Venues - Convention Centre Gran Via}} the more than ten skyscrapers alongside Plaza de Europa; also Gran Vía 2 near Barcelona International Airport, which has a shopping centre with 200 shops, 20 restaurants, 15 cinemas and a hypermarket.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307054724/http://www.granvia2.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=149 About Gran Vía 2] - granvia2.com Gran Via is also adjacent to Ciutat de la Justícia de Barcelona i l'Hospitalet de Llobregat which hosts most of the legal departments of the Barcelona metropolitan area.