| Francesc Daniel Molina i Casamajó | |
| Birth Place: | Vic |
| Death Place: | Barcelona |
| Other Names: | Francisco Daniel Molina |
| Education: | Escola de la Llotja, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Notable Works: | Royal Square (Barcelona) |
Francesc Daniel Molina i Casamajó (Vic, 1812–Barcelona, 5 July 1867) was a Spanish architect.[1]
He was born in the city of Vic, Barcelona Province, in 1812. He completed his early studies at Escola de la Llotja,[2] an art and design school in Barcelona. In 1843, he graduated from the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando[3] in Madrid. And then, in 1850, he was elected fellow of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.[4] In 1851, he designed the Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli[5] square in Barcelona. The following year, he built the [6] church in the municipality of Canet de Mar.Furthermore, in 1852, he was commissioned to design a monument to the memory of Minister of War, . The monument was completed in 1856 and it is known as the,[7] a historic fountain built in the neoclassical style and located in the [8] square in Barcelona.[9] But Molina's most important project was that of the Royal Square in Barcelona (1848–1859). It is considered the traditional Spanish main square, with its Elizabethan-style façades and arcaded ground floor, in the same style as the façade of the Teatre Principal,[10] after his restoration following a fire in 1845.
He served as the council architect of Barcelona in 1855, succeeding . He worked on the coat of arms on the pediment of the neo-Gothic façade of Barcelona City Hall, as well as the Saló de la Reina Regent,[11] [12] [13] which was finished in 1860. In 1865, influenced by The Cerdá Plan for Barcelona, he drafted an urban renewal plan for Sabadell, but it fell through.