Rambla Nova, Tarragona - Als 125 anys del Nàstic
After the end of the guided walking tour of Tarragona Old Town, we followed our tour manager back to the hotel along the Rambla Nova, starting from the beach front view.
There was many statues and sculptures to see along the way back to the hotel!
The Rambla Nova is a 45-meter wide avenue that crosses the modern city of Tarragona from southeast to northwest (700 meters long). It has a wide central promenade with trees and sidewalks for cars. It goes from the Plaza de la Imperial Tàrraco (west) to the Balcón del Mediterraneo (east), a viewpoint over the sea where the locals go "to play iron." You get the name by analogy with the Rambla de Barcelona , since there is no old stream : the nearest point to the sea, the Mediterranean balcony, is the highest of the walk (42 m above sea level), while the Plaza de la Imperial Tàrraco is 24 meters above sea level.
This is the central axis of the Tarragona Eixample. With regard to its architectures, it is a privileged axis, since almost all of them are of great quality and define a time and a time. Also worthy of note are the sculptures arranged in the central area, such as the monument to Roger de Llúria, the Heroes of 1811 (popularly the statue of the naked ones) and the Font del Centenari.
The Rambla Nova was built on August 18 , 1854 , the year of the demolition of the San Juan wall. The urbanization project is due to Josep Criviller, winner of a public competition organized by the City Council in 1854 to carry out the union between the upper and lower parts of the city. After many difficulties, with the death of its author, the project definitively approved in 1857, by Àngel Romero, is a reform and improvement of the sketch of Criviller.
At first it was known as the "Esplanada", but later it was called the Rambla de Sant Joan in memory of the old section of the wall that passed there. In 1899 , year after the death of Emilio Castelar , the name of Rambla de Castelar was placed on the stretch between Carrer de Sant Agustí and El Balcó. Later it was called Rambla Nova , and in 1931 , with the advent of the Second Republic , it was named Rambla April 14 . After the Civil War, the Rambla del Generalísimo Franco was called . The section between the square of Imperial Tàrraco and the source of the Centenary was named Conde de Vallellano Avenue , in honor of Fernando Suárez de Tangil , Minister of Public Works (1951-1957). Finally, in the 70's , the current name of Rambla Nova was recovered for the entire walk from Plaza de la Imperial Tárraco to the Balcón.
In 2006 , a new section of the Rambla was opened, along Avenida del Presidente Lluís Companys and Avenida del Presidente Francesc Macià, which culminated in Plaça de les Corts Catalanes. With this new section, the Rambla was 1,000m long and it took a walk from the Francolí River to the Mediterranean Sea.
The monument wants to represent a sort of classical column. The lower part has all the elements of a classical column, with the base, the base and the beginning of the striated shaft, but at the top it becomes a monolith of cubical lines in which the Club's shield stands out Gymnastics
A la part davantera: 125 / C. G. / 1886 / 2011
A la part posterior: 125 / ANYS
A la base: GIMNÀSTICA - FUTBOL - ATLETISME - TENNIS - BÀSQUET - TENNIS TAULA - PILOTA - GIMNÀSTICA RÍTMICA - FUTBOL SALA / ESGRIMA - EXCURSIONISME - CICLISME - NÀUTICA - BOXA I LLUITA - HOQUEI TERRA - HOQUEI PATINS - HANDBOL
Commemorate the 125th anniversary of the foundation of this sports entity.
Sculpted by Joan Blázquez.
Rambla Nova, Tarragona - Als 125 anys del Nàstic
After the end of the guided walking tour of Tarragona Old Town, we followed our tour manager back to the hotel along the Rambla Nova, starting from the beach front view.
There was many statues and sculptures to see along the way back to the hotel!
The Rambla Nova is a 45-meter wide avenue that crosses the modern city of Tarragona from southeast to northwest (700 meters long). It has a wide central promenade with trees and sidewalks for cars. It goes from the Plaza de la Imperial Tàrraco (west) to the Balcón del Mediterraneo (east), a viewpoint over the sea where the locals go "to play iron." You get the name by analogy with the Rambla de Barcelona , since there is no old stream : the nearest point to the sea, the Mediterranean balcony, is the highest of the walk (42 m above sea level), while the Plaza de la Imperial Tàrraco is 24 meters above sea level.
This is the central axis of the Tarragona Eixample. With regard to its architectures, it is a privileged axis, since almost all of them are of great quality and define a time and a time. Also worthy of note are the sculptures arranged in the central area, such as the monument to Roger de Llúria, the Heroes of 1811 (popularly the statue of the naked ones) and the Font del Centenari.
The Rambla Nova was built on August 18 , 1854 , the year of the demolition of the San Juan wall. The urbanization project is due to Josep Criviller, winner of a public competition organized by the City Council in 1854 to carry out the union between the upper and lower parts of the city. After many difficulties, with the death of its author, the project definitively approved in 1857, by Àngel Romero, is a reform and improvement of the sketch of Criviller.
At first it was known as the "Esplanada", but later it was called the Rambla de Sant Joan in memory of the old section of the wall that passed there. In 1899 , year after the death of Emilio Castelar , the name of Rambla de Castelar was placed on the stretch between Carrer de Sant Agustí and El Balcó. Later it was called Rambla Nova , and in 1931 , with the advent of the Second Republic , it was named Rambla April 14 . After the Civil War, the Rambla del Generalísimo Franco was called . The section between the square of Imperial Tàrraco and the source of the Centenary was named Conde de Vallellano Avenue , in honor of Fernando Suárez de Tangil , Minister of Public Works (1951-1957). Finally, in the 70's , the current name of Rambla Nova was recovered for the entire walk from Plaza de la Imperial Tárraco to the Balcón.
In 2006 , a new section of the Rambla was opened, along Avenida del Presidente Lluís Companys and Avenida del Presidente Francesc Macià, which culminated in Plaça de les Corts Catalanes. With this new section, the Rambla was 1,000m long and it took a walk from the Francolí River to the Mediterranean Sea.
The monument wants to represent a sort of classical column. The lower part has all the elements of a classical column, with the base, the base and the beginning of the striated shaft, but at the top it becomes a monolith of cubical lines in which the Club's shield stands out Gymnastics
A la part davantera: 125 / C. G. / 1886 / 2011
A la part posterior: 125 / ANYS
A la base: GIMNÀSTICA - FUTBOL - ATLETISME - TENNIS - BÀSQUET - TENNIS TAULA - PILOTA - GIMNÀSTICA RÍTMICA - FUTBOL SALA / ESGRIMA - EXCURSIONISME - CICLISME - NÀUTICA - BOXA I LLUITA - HOQUEI TERRA - HOQUEI PATINS - HANDBOL
Commemorate the 125th anniversary of the foundation of this sports entity.
Sculpted by Joan Blázquez.