4-633: Bellaterra is a decentralized municipal entity of Cerdanyola del Vallès , in the metropolitan area of Barcelona ( Catalonia , Spain ). It is best known for being the location of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The urbanisation of the neighbourhood started in 1929 when a pharmacist, Bartomeu, leased land from his father-in-law and built the Bellaterra railway station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line (then operated by
8-818: Is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia , Spain . It is situated on the north side of the Collserola ridge. The town is served by the A-7 and C-58 motorways , the N-150 road and the Renfe railway commuter lines R4, R7 and railway regional line R12. It is well known as the site of the main campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (at Bellaterra ) and hosts
12-636: The Ferrocarrils de Catalunya or FCC; now by the FGC ). In the central area of Bellaterra is the Park of El Pedregar de Bellaterra , a garden-museum of some 1.2 hectares (3.0 acres). Within the park is a restaurant, large gardens, water sources and waterfalls with sculptures by artists as Subirachs, Crespo Rivera, Vicente Larrea, Vasallo, Charles Collet or Perceval, as well as Arcadians of Carrara's marble and amphitheatre / audience outdoors for 150 persons. Also in
16-693: The core one finds the parish of the Holy Creu. Between Bellaterra and Serraperera's core, one finds the campus of the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona, built in 1968 and inaugurated in the year 1971. At the present moment Bellaterra is undergoing an administrative status change into a decentralised municipal entity (EMD). 41°30′05″N 2°05′28″E / 41.50139°N 2.09111°E / 41.50139; 2.09111 Cerdanyola del Vall%C3%A8s Cerdanyola del Vallès ( Catalan pronunciation: [səɾðəˈɲɔlə ðəl βəˈʎɛs] )
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