The ERC municipal group, led by Elisenda Alamany, seeks to ensure that public transport facilities at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which spans the Sant Martí and Eixample districts, adopt the square's full official name. This move is framed as an effort to restore the Catalan identity erased by the Franco regime in 1939.
“"A square that is officially called Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes continues to have public transport stations and stops with a denomination imposed by Francoism. We are talking about an anomaly that dates back to 1939 and, due to pure inertia, has been maintained until today."
Councillor Jordi Coronas pointed out that the square's original name, proposed by Víctor Balaguer and approved in 1863, was altered by the dictatorship on March 7, 1939, to “plaza de las Glorias.” Although the democratic government restored the official name of the square in 1980, the transport stations, including the metro station inaugurated in 1951, retained the shortened version.
The initiative will be presented as a request (prec), meaning it does not require a vote but rather the acceptance of Jaume Collboni's government. ERC urges Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) to implement the change to ensure toponymic consistency in the urban landscape of Barcelona.
In addition to the name change, the Republicans are requesting the replacement of 12 black basalt plaques commemorating various “civic and military glories of Catalonia,” which were installed following the 1992 Olympic Games. These plaques were removed during the square's transformation, and their restitution was unanimously approved by the Sant Martí plenary session on December 11, 2025.
