Francesc Daniel Molina i Casamajó

Francesc Daniel Molina i Casamajó (Vic, 1812–Barcelona, 5 July 1867) was a Spanish architect.

Biography He was born in the city of Vic, Barcelona Province, in 1812. He completed his early studies at Escola de la Llotja, an art and design school in Barcelona. In 1843, he graduated from the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. And then, in 1850, he was elected fellow of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.

In 1851, he designed the Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli square in Barcelona. The following year, he built the 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 , a historic fountain built in the neoclassical style and located in the square in Barcelona.

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, after his restoration following a fire in 1845. which was finished in 1860. In 1865, influenced by the Cerdà Plan for Barcelona, he drafted an urban renewal plan for Sabadell, but it fell through.