What is "gracia"

Gràcia is a district of the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It comprises the neighborhoods of Vila de Gràcia, Vallcarca i els Penitents, El Coll, La Salut and Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova. Gràcia is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the south, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi to the west and Horta-Guinardó to the east. A vibrant and diverse enclave of Catalonian life, Gràcia was an independent municipality for centuries before being formally annexed by Barcelona in 1897 as a part of the city's expansion.

Gracia may refer to:

Places:

• Gràcia, a district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
  • Streets in this district:
  • Passeig de Gràcia
  • Carrer Gran de Gràcia
  • Travessera de Gràcia
• Alta Gracia, a city located in the Province of Córdoba, Argentina

Given name:

• Hosokawa Gracia, aka Gracia (1563-1600), daughter of the famous samurai Akechi Mitsuhide during the Sengoku era of Japan
• Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510-1569), Renaissance Jewish businesswoman
• Gracia Hillman, member of the Election Assistance Commission in the United States
• Gracia Baylor, Australian politician.
• Gracia Baur, aka Gracia (b. 1982), a German singer

Surnames:

• Cedric Gracia, French cyclist
• Rubén Gracia, Spanish footballer
• Sancho Gracia, Spanish actor

Other:

• Gracia (Saint-Émilion), a Bordeaux garagiste winery
• La Campana de Gràcia, Catalan weekly satirical magazine

Gràcia is a railway station located under Plaça de Gal·la Placídia in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It is served both by lines L6 and L7 of the Barcelona Metro, and by lines S1, S2, S5 and S55 of the Metro del Vallès commuter rail system. All these lines are operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, who also run the station.

The station is also expected to become part of L8 in the future with the planned extension of that line from Espanya metro station, and would become a junction station for the three FGC Barcelona Metro lines in operation in the city.

Gràcia station should not be confused with Passeig de Gràcia station, which is located some away on metro lines L2, L3 and L4, and various Rodalies de Catalunya suburban lines.

Gracia a Saint-Émilion unclassed microcuvée winery, emerging in the late 1990s as one of the best known "Vins de garage".

The winery also produces the second wine Angelots de Gracia.

The Gracia prodprietor is Michel Gracia, a former Saint-Émilion stonemason. First appearing in 1997 to great success. In response to the decline in fashion of the "garage wine" that has been widely predicted, Michel Gracia maintains the garagiste approach has altered and has stated, "In the early years we went for over-ripe grapes and plenty of extraction, but now we're harvesting a touch earlier and looking for more finesse".