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

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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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 Palau de la Diputació de Lleida is a building in Lleida located on the Rambla de Ferran and Carrer del Carme and since 1898 has housed the headquarters of the Diputació de Lleida, 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 Sitting, the Presidency, the Governing Board and the different Information Commissions. It is a building protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

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The Statue of Indíbil i Mandoni is an academic work of Lleida included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It is a bronze sculptural group located in Plaça Agelet i Garriga in Lleida, under the Arch of the Bridge, the old entrance to the city that connects the Calle Mayor with the Pont Vell. The warriors, armed with chains, a spear and a falcata, represent Indíbil and Mandoni, two Ilergetes warlords who defended Lleida from attacks by 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)

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.

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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 emerged during the neighborhood mobilization of the late 1970s that sought to consolidate a green space instead of the blocks of flats that had been planned on the existing site. The name of the neighborhood Príncipe de Viana - Clot reflects this popular term. Until 2022, it was officially called Plaza de la Constitución, although the name never had popular roots.

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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.

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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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The castle of Gardeny is a monumental complex located on the hill of Gardeny, one of the three hills of the city of Lleida together with the Turó de la Seu Vella and the Turó de la Serreta. It was the seat of one of the main Catalan orders of the Knights Templar. The castle itself, consists of two constructions from the Templar era and a walled enclosure of bastions from the XVII-XVIII centuries, which surrounds everything.

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The Champs Elysées are an urban park in the city of Lleida, located in Cappont, divided into areas of English -style French and romantic gardens, built on the basis of wooded land. Contains the glass palace and the source of the Sirena. The Champs Elysées is a work of Lleida included in the Inventory of Architectural Heritage of Catalonia and the Music Kiosk is also protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

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

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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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La Suda de Lleida or Castell del Rei was the suda or citadel of the city of Lleida, of Andalusian origin. It is located on the hill of the Seu Vella. After an important restoration that integrated it into the monumental complex of the old cathedral and castle of the King, the castle and its interpretation center have been open to the public since early 2011.

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

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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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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.

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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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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.

Wikipedia: L'arbre paer (CA)