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L’eixample: The Enlargement
L’eixample:An Interesting Place to Live
Spain
Catalunya
Greater Barcelona
Barcelona and L’eixample
Barcelona: A Sprawling City
Medieval Barcelona
Cerdá
• Ildefonso Cerdá
• 1815-76• Architect,
Engineer, and Urban Planner
• Planned L’eixample
Barcelona in the mid 19th century
• Population Explosion
• Bursting at the City Walls
• A plan was needed
Architecture
The Architecture of L’eixample
• Late 19th and Early 20th Century
• Modernista (Spanish Art Nouveau)
• Very Diverse
Casa Battló
Casa Battló
• Guadí• Built from
1904-6• Commisioned
by Josep Battló
Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia
• Started in the 1880’s
• Blends Elements of Nature, Symmetry and Symbolism
• The Symbol of L’eixample
• Never Finished• Guadí is Buried
in the Crypt
Passeig de Gràcia
Passeig de Gràcia
• Many Examples of Gaudí
• Modernista• Several
Upscale Buildings and Shops
Casa Vincens
Casa Milà: “La Pedrera”
La Pedrera: “The Quarry”
• Guadí• Built from
1906-10• Wave-like
Façade• Located Near
Ave. Diagonal
• Moderniste
The Plaça de Catalunya
Pl. de Catalunya• Between
L’eixample and Old Barcelona
• Est. 1927• 50,000 sq. ft.• Lots of Shops• El Cote Ingles
Department Store
Av. Diagonal
Avinguda Diagonal
• Wide Diagonal Avenue that Slices Through L’eixample
• Runs from Pedralbes to the Sea
Reasons Why You Would Want to Live in
L’eixample:
• The Best of Barcelona• Beautiful Buildings• Tremendous History• Spanish Food and Wine• Has Everything You Would
Need to Live (Shopping)