diff --git a/Mathlib.lean b/Mathlib.lean
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--- a/Mathlib.lean
+++ b/Mathlib.lean
@@ -2528,6 +2528,7 @@ public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.NaturalTransformation.Pseudo
 public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.Opposites
 public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.Product
 public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.SingleObj
+public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.Span.Basic
 public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.Strict.Basic
 public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.Strict.Pseudofunctor
 public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Bicategory.Yoneda
diff --git a/Mathlib/CategoryTheory/Bicategory/Span/Basic.lean b/Mathlib/CategoryTheory/Bicategory/Span/Basic.lean
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+/-
+Copyright (c) 2025 Robin Carlier. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Robin Carlier
+-/
+module
+
+public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.MorphismProperty.Limits
+public import Mathlib.CategoryTheory.LocallyCartesianClosed.ChosenPullbacksAlong
+
+/-! # Bicategories of spans in a category
+
+In this file, given a category `C` and two morphism properties
+Wₗ and Wᵣ in C that are stable under compositions, contain identities and
+such that for any morphism `b : x₃ ⟶ x₄` in Wₗ and any morphism `r : x₂ → x₃` in Wᵣ,
+there exists a pullback square
+```
+     t
+  x₁ --> x₂
+  |      |
+l |      | r
+  v      v
+  x₃ --> x₄
+     b
+```
+in `C` such that `t` satisfies `Wₗ` and `l` satisfies `Wᵣ`,
+we construct the bicategory of spans in C with left morphism in Wₗ and right morphism
+in Wᵣ (TODO @robin-carlier).
+
+-/
+
+@[expose] public section
+
+namespace CategoryTheory
+
+variable {C : Type*} [Category* C]
+  (Wₗ : MorphismProperty C)
+  (Wᵣ : MorphismProperty C)
+
+/-- A (Wₗ, Wᵣ)-span from c to c' is the data of an
+object `a : C`, together with a morphism `a ⟶ c` in Wₗ,
+and a morphism `a ⟶ c'` in Wᵣ. -/
+structure Span (c c' : C) where
+  /-- the apex of the span -/
+  apex : C
+  /-- the left map -/
+  l : apex ⟶ c
+  /-- the right map -/
+  r : apex ⟶ c'
+  wl : Wₗ l
+  wr : Wᵣ r
+
+namespace Span
+
+variable {Wₗ Wᵣ} {c c' : C}
+
+/-- A morphism of spans is a morphism between the apices compatible
+with the projections. -/
+structure Hom (S₁ S₂ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c') : Type _ where
+  /-- the map between the apices -/
+  hom : S₁.apex ⟶ S₂.apex
+  hom_l : hom ≫ S₂.l = S₁.l := by cat_disch
+  hom_r : hom ≫ S₂.r = S₁.r := by cat_disch
+
+attribute [reassoc (attr := simp)] Hom.hom_l Hom.hom_r
+attribute [grind =] Hom.hom_l Hom.hom_r
+
+@[simps!]
+instance : Category (Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c') where
+  Hom := Hom
+  comp φ φ' := { hom := φ.hom ≫ φ'.hom }
+  id S := { hom := 𝟙 _ }
+
+attribute [grind =] id_hom comp_hom
+
+@[ext, grind ext]
+lemma hom_ext {S S' : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c'} {f g : S ⟶ S'} (h : f.hom = g.hom) :
+    f = g := by
+  cases f
+  cases g
+  grind
+
+set_option mathlib.tactic.category.grind true in
+/-- Construct an isomorphism of spans from an isomorphism between the
+apices that is compatible with the projections. -/
+@[simps (attr := grind =)]
+def mkIso {S S' : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c'} (e : S.apex ≅ S'.apex)
+    (hₗ : e.hom ≫ S'.l = S.l := by cat_disch)
+    (hᵣ : e.hom ≫ S'.r = S.r := by cat_disch) :
+    S ≅ S' where
+  hom.hom := e.hom
+  inv.hom := e.inv
+
+variable [Wₗ.ContainsIdentities] [Wᵣ.ContainsIdentities] [Wₗ.HasPullbacksAgainst Wᵣ]
+    [Wₗ.IsStableUnderBaseChangeAgainst Wᵣ] [Wᵣ.IsStableUnderBaseChangeAgainst Wₗ]
+    [Wₗ.IsStableUnderComposition] [Wᵣ.IsStableUnderComposition]
+
+open Limits in
+instance {c c' c'' : C} (S₁ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c') (S₂ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c' c'') : HasPullback S₁.r S₂.l :=
+  letI : HasPullback S₂.l S₁.r := hasPullback_ofHasPullbacksAgainst S₂.wl S₁.wr
+  hasPullback_symmetry _ _
+
+instance (S₁ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c') : Wₗ.IsStableUnderBaseChangeAlong S₁.r :=
+  MorphismProperty.IsStableUnderBaseChangeAgainst.isStableUnderBaseChangeAlong _ S₁.wr
+
+instance (S₁ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c') : Wᵣ.IsStableUnderBaseChangeAlong S₁.l :=
+  MorphismProperty.IsStableUnderBaseChangeAgainst.isStableUnderBaseChangeAlong _ S₁.wl
+
+/-- The identity span, where both legs are identity morphisms. -/
+@[simps (attr := grind =)]
+def id (c : C) :
+    Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c where
+  apex := c
+  l := 𝟙 _
+  r := 𝟙 _
+  wl := MorphismProperty.ContainsIdentities.id_mem _
+  wr := MorphismProperty.ContainsIdentities.id_mem _
+
+open Limits MorphismProperty in
+/-- The composition of two spans: if the relevant pullback exists and if the
+morphism properties are stable under the relevant base change, it is given by the
+total span
+```
+     P
+    /  \
+   /    \
+  X₁     X₂
+ /  \   /  \
+c     c'    c''
+```
+where the top diamond is a pullback square
+-/
+@[simps (attr := grind =)]
+noncomputable def comp {c c' c'' : C}
+    (S₁ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c') (S₂ : Span Wₗ Wᵣ c' c'') :
+    Span Wₗ Wᵣ c c'' where
+  apex := pullback S₁.r S₂.l
+  l := pullback.fst S₁.r S₂.l ≫ S₁.l
+  r := pullback.snd S₁.r S₂.l ≫ S₂.r
+  wl :=
+    IsStableUnderComposition.comp_mem
+      _ _ (IsStableUnderBaseChangeAlong.of_isPullback
+      (.flip <| .of_hasPullback S₁.r S₂.l) S₂.wl) S₁.wl
+  wr :=
+    IsStableUnderComposition.comp_mem
+    _ _ (IsStableUnderBaseChangeAlong.of_isPullback
+      (.of_hasPullback S₁.r S₂.l) S₁.wr) S₂.wr
+
+end Span
+
+end CategoryTheory