Plaça de la Independència, Neoclassical square in Girona, Spain.

Plaça de la Independència is a square surrounded by covered arcades supported by columns that run along all sides. Shops, restaurants, and cafes nestle beneath these sheltered walkways, while the open center features trees and a monument.

The site held the convent and gardens of the Augustinian congregation until the 1835 desamortización. In 1855 the architect Martí Sureda Deulovol presented the project for the new porticoed square, and works began in 1856, modified and extended in 1857; the ordinances were approved in 1859. The central space was paved in 1860 and completed in 1869 with a column commemorating the Constitution, replaced in 1894 by the current sculpture to the defenders of Girona.

The name commemorates the Spanish War of Independence against Napoleon. The central sculpture, installed in 1894, replaced an 1869 column that celebrated the Constitution and now honours the defenders of Girona. The arcades shelter shops and cafés, and the square remains a meeting point in the city centre.

The square is easy to walk across and offers shade under the arcades on hot days. Visit in early mornings or late afternoons when fewer people gather and the sun is less intense.

The 1859 building ordinances fixed the volumes, composition and materials of every facade around the square. The two side facades went up first, and only in the last years of the 20th century were the two ends built to match, completing the uniform perimeter more than a century later.