Plaza Nueva

Today: Plaza de la Constitución, San Sebastián

Place: San Sebastián
Kind: Square
Built: 1817
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The arcaded square of the Old Town, called Plaza Nueva until it became Plaza de la Constitución in 1820. The earlier square burned with the city in 1813; the present Neoclassical one, with 20 arches on each long side and 9 on the short one, was built in 1817 by Pedro Ugartemendia and Alejo de Miranda. The central building was the town hall until 1947, and the balconies are numbered because they served as boxes for bullfights.

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