Font de la Plaça d'Espanya

Font de la Plaça d'Espanya is a sculptural fountain at the centre of Barcelona’s large circular Plaça d'Espanya. The fountain occupies Barcelona’s Sants-Montjuïc district within a monumental public space. Josep Maria Jujol designed the monument for the International Exposition, with sculpture by Miguel Blay, Frederic Llobet, and the Oslé brothers. Its stone-and-metal structure combines classical and baroque forms. Its triangular pond supports three niches, where sculptures represent the Ebro, Guadalquivir, Tagus, and rivers flowing to the Cantabrian Sea. Together, these figures represent Spain’s rivers and three surrounding seas. Three Corinthian columns carry emblems of Religion, Heroism, and the Arts, with figures including Ramon Llull and Miguel de Cervantes. A bronze brazier and three Victory figures crown the fountain. Six plaques at the base carry the Latin inscription “Senatus Populusque Barcinonensis”. The Latin inscription echoes the Roman formula SPQR. The plaza includes a semicircular colonnade inspired by Bernini’s St Peter’s Square and two Venetian-style campanile towers. Ramon Reventós designed the towers at one entrance to the plaza. Catalonia’s cultural heritage inventory records the fountain as a Local Cultural Heritage Site. That status places the monument within Catalonia’s recorded cultural heritage.