What Is a Rambla in Spain?

La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 km connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the neighbourhoods of the Barri Gòtic to the east and the El Raval to the west.

What is a Rambla used for?

noun. 1Especially in cities of eastern Spain: a broad street built on a dry river-bed; specifically (now usually in plural) (the name of) an avenue in central Barcelona. 2In Spain: the dry bed of a temporary or transitory stream, often used as a road; a ravine, usually a waterless one.

What is the meaning of Rambla?

1 : a dry ravine in the adjoining rambla the birds assemble in their hundreds — Manchester Guardian Weekly. 2 : a very broad street.

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