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Barcelona Selects Plaça Universitat for Permanent Cerdà Monument as City Targets Early 2027 Unveiling

City leaders aim to close a long-running gap in honoring the planner of the Eixample.

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La plaza Universitat, un año antes de que, si nada se tuerce, acoja el monumento a Cerdà.
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Overview

  • Mayor Jaume Collboni announced Thursday at the launch of the Year of Cerdà that a permanent monument to Ildefons Cerdà will be installed in Plaça Universitat.
  • The city will open a restricted contest in early May that invites three established artists, with Barcelona’s Public Art Council serving as the jury.
  • City hall set a €400,000 budget to produce and install the work, and it expects to name the winning design in July.
  • Officials plan to unveil the piece in the first half of 2027, which would place the ceremony before the municipal election in May.
  • The site ties to the Eixample’s origins at the University of Barcelona and replaces a 2023 Glòries plan that never moved past planning.