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)