20 Sights in Lleida, Spain (with Map and Images)

The castle of Gardeny is a monumental complex on top of the hill of Gardeny, one of the three hills of the city of Lleida along with the Turó de la Seu Vella and the Turó de la Serreta. It was the seat of one of the main Catalan commissions of the Order of the Temple. The castle itself consists of two buildings from the Templar period and a walled enclosure of bastions from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which encircles everything.

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The Convent of El Roser is a historic building in the old town of Lleida. It was formerly called the convent of Sant Domènec and was the seat of the Convent of Preachers of the Dominican order expelled from the hill, due to the construction of the new fortification.

Wikipedia: Convent del Roser (Lleida) (CA), Website

The Champs Elysées is an urban park in the city of Lleida, located in Cappont, divided into areas of French and English Romantic style gardens, built on the basis of wooded land. It contains the Glass Palace and the Mermaid Fountain. Els Camps Elisis is a work of Lleida included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia and the bandstand is also protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

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The Statue of Indíbil i Mandoni is an academic work from Lleida included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It is a bronze sculptural group located in the Plaça Agelet i Garriga in Lleida, under the Arc del Pont, the old entrance to the city that connects the Carrer Major with the Pont Vell. The warriors, armed with chains, a spear and a wedge, represent Indíbil and Mandoni, two Ilergete leaders who defended Lleida from the attacks of the Carthaginians and Romans and who, thanks to the struggles and successful negotiations, prevented the city from being razed.

Wikipedia: Estàtua d'Indíbil i Mandoni (CA)

The Suda de Lleida or Castell del Rei was the suda or Kasbah of the city of Lleida, of Andalusian origin. It is located on the hill of the Seu Vella. After a major restoration that integrated it into the monumental complex of the old cathedral and King's castle, the castle and its interpretation centre have been open to visitors since the beginning of 2011.

Wikipedia: Suda de Lleida (CA)

The Teatre Principal is the oldest theatre in the city of Lleida. Located at Plaça Paeria, number 7. Currently, it also functions as a film exhibition hall with daily screenings, and the first editions of Animac, the International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, were screened here.

Wikipedia: Teatre Principal (Lleida) (CA)

Lleida Pirineus is an important railway station serving the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Pardinyes and Rambla de Ferran. The first train services in Lleida date of 1860, but the station wasn't built until 1927, and it did not adopt its current official name until 2003, when it underwent an ambitious reform. As a transport hub connecting the interior of Spain with the Corredor Mediterráneo, it serves both broad gauge and standard gauge trains, operated by both Adif-Renfe and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. It is the terminus of several regional railway services centered in Aragon and Catalonia. It's also one of the stations on the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line, and it was its north-eastern terminus until 2008.

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La Llotja de Lleida is a theatre and congress centre in Lleida. It opened its doors in January 2010, and is owned by the city council. Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore premiered there on 21 January that year. Its two congress halls, called A and B, have capacity for 400 and 200 people, while the main auditory, Sala Ricard Vinyes, has 1000 seats. It's located in Pardinyes, next to the river Segre and the Lleida Pirineus railway station, on the site of a former municipal market.

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Casa Sauces, which houses the Mael Boutique, is one of the buildings with the most history and legend in Lleida. The emblematic building has three facades that overlook the streets: Magdalena, Carme and the unnamed square in front of the Provincial Council. This place was formerly known as the butcher's square and stood out in particular for the so-called Porxos d'en Massot, which were demolished in 1937.

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The Fountain of the Mermaid of Lleida also known as "Font de la Sirena" is a fountain in the Parc des Champs Elysees in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, which features a statue of a mermaid holding a conch out of which water flows. The fountain is surrounded by a garden.

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The Paer Tree is a sculpture by the Catalan artist Benet Rossell located in the city of Lleida. The work was created in 1997 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the municipal government of the city.

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CaixaForum is a cultural centre managed by Fundación “La Caixa” located at 3 Avinguda de Blondel, in the city of Lleida, cornering Avinguda de Madrid, in the building popularly known as Montepío after the former name of a bank located in this building. The building, which was the site of Cine Viñes, became the cultural centre of Fundación “La Caixa” in 1989, so we can say that this building has always been related to cultural activities. It was later renamed in 2008 to keep the same naming convention as other centres from La Caixa.

Wikipedia: CaixaForum Lleida (EN), Website

The Palau de la Diputació de Lleida is a building in Lleida located on Rambla de Ferran and Carrer del Carme and has housed since 1898 the headquarters of the Diputació de Lleida, the local government of the province of Lleida. It currently houses the General Secretariat, Municipal Cooperation, Economic Area, IT, Human Resources, Heritage Resources and Archives, Studies and Information, as well as all political activity such as the Plenary, the Presidency, the Governing Board and the different Informative Commissions. It is a building protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Palau de la Diputació de Lleida (CA)

The Centre d'Art la Panera is an art museum in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It's named after Carrer de la Panera, the street where it's located, in the old-town area known as Els Vins. Since 2022 the institution is directed by Christian Alonso.

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Lo Vilot is a mountain of 281 meters that is located in the village of Sucs, within the municipality of Lleida, in the Catalan region of Segrià. Near the summit we can find a geodesic vertex. Today it is part of a park with archaeological and leisure elements.

Wikipedia: Lo Vilot (CA)

The Plaça del Clot de les Granotes is a public square in Lleida protected as a cultural asset of local interest. The name of the square arose during the neighborhood mobilization of the late 1970s that sought the consolidation of a green space instead of the blocks of flats that had been projected on the site that existed there. The name of the neighbourhood Príncep de Viana - Clot reflects this popular term. Until 2022 it was officially called Plaça de la Constitució, although the name never had popular roots.

Wikipedia: Plaça del Clot de les Granotes (CA)

Auditori Enric Granados is the main concert hall in Lleida also hosting the city's music conservatory. It contains a symphonic hall with 803 seats and a chamber music hall with a capacity of 245. This music institution is named after the composer Enric Granados, who was born in Lleida in 1867. Located on Plaça Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, the building was designed by local architects Ramon Artigues and Ramon Sanabria and opened in 1994 after ten years of construction and was officially inaugurated by Queen Sofía of Spain on 14 February 1995. Ancient remains of Lleida were found under the venue.

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The Public Library of Lleida, also formerly called Biblioteca Pública de la Maternitat, is a public library in the city of Lleida. Its legal owner is the Generalitat de Catalunya. The building was originally a 19th-century maternity house, that is, an orphanage located in the Rambla d'Aragó and has operated as the town's main library since 1998, when it was heavily reformed.

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Sant Llorenç is a Romanesque church in Lleida dating from the late 12th century, with Gothic additions from the 15th century. The initial architects of the church were Pere de Coma, the master of works who in charge of La Seu Vella, the old cathedral of Lleida. It has a nave and two aisles, built with the same height, and three apses; the nave is in the Romanesque style, whereas the aisles are Gothic, as is the octagonal bell tower. In 2002 part of the church was refurbished.

Wikipedia: Church of Sant Llorenç, Lleida (EN)

The Palace of La Paeria is the name the city hall of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, which currently houses the city council. The see is located on Plaça de la Paeria. Lleida's mayor is called Paer en cap, a term also used for Cervera's mayor. The term paer derives from Latin paciarum, meaning "man of peace". This title was given to Lleida's mayor as a special privilege by king James I The Conqueror in 1264.

Wikipedia: La Paeria (EN)