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Scan of an analog phot taken in September 1999
Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "The stone quarry", a reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a modernist building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and was built between 1906 and 1912.
The building was commissioned in 1906 by Pere Milà and his wife Roser Segimon. At the time, it was controversial because of its undulating stone facade, twisting wrought iron balconies and designed by Josep Maria Jujol. Several structural innovations include a self-supporting stone façade, and a free-plan floor, underground garage and the spectacular terrace on the roof.
In 1984, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Since 2013 it has been the headquarters of the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera which manages the visit to the building, exhibitions and other cultural and educative activities at Casa Milà.
Source: Wikipedia
El nou Mercat "Encants Barcelona" està situat al antic Bosquet dels Encants, a la cruïlla de l'avinguda Meridiana amb el carrer Castillejos, a l'Eixample de Barcelona, i té una superfície total de 33.306 m2.
El projecte pel nou Mercat Fira de Bellcaire contempla un disseny on l'activitat comercial es realitzarà sota aixopluc i protegida del sol, sota una gran coberta, però conservant la sensació de compra a l'aire lliure. La solució comercial proposada situa a nivell de carrer una part important de l'oferta comercial, constituïda per establiments i l'activitat de subhasta, així com determinats serveis (oficines, restauració, sanitaris, sala polivalent) però sense cap edificació que actuï com a tancament, amb la qual cosa formarà un espai obert que tindrà la seva façana principal a l'avinguda Meridiana i plaça de les Glòries, un àmbit amb bona connexió amb la xarxa de transport públic. La resta de l'oferta comercial que ara ja té el mercat (formada per la resta de parades i botigues que no estaran a nivell de carrer) quedaran disposades al llarg d'un recorregut continu en forma de carrer de gran amplada, que ascendirà des del nivell 0 de la plaça i tornarà a descendir. Finalment l'equipament tindrà un tancament perimetral que permeti dotar-lo de seguretat en els horaris en què no funcioni el mercat.
If you look at the city of Barcelona today, a peculiar pattern stands out amongst other cities’ layouts. The medieval core of Barcelona is a tangle of winding narrow streets and alleys. Beyond it, however, the majority of Barcelona stretches out in a uniform grid layout. The unique feature of Barcelona’s grid is the shape of each block. The individual blocks are each a sort of octagon, the normal rectangular grid has been modified with a small slice cut off at each corner. The neighborhood that contains the majority of this layout is known as L’Eixample, or “The Extension”, and was designed by visionary urban planner Ildefons Cerda.
Cerda’s plan at its heart is a grid system made up of octagonal blocks. The use of octagonal blocks instead of square ones had multiple reasons. Cut off corners at each intersection increased visibility and ventilation at intersections and to broaden the roads without having to make the entire road wider. They also were originally implemented to allow for a wider turning radius as Cerda had the foresight to allow for the adoption of personal motorized vehicles in the future. Today, many of the octagonal corners allow for short term or truck parking without the stopped vehicles potentially blocking or slowing traffic. [The Timestream by Charlie Wilson]
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Scan of an analog phot taken in September 1999
Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "The stone quarry", a reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a modernist building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and was built between 1906 and 1912.
The building was commissioned in 1906 by Pere Milà and his wife Roser Segimon. At the time, it was controversial because of its undulating stone facade, twisting wrought iron balconies and designed by Josep Maria Jujol. Several structural innovations include a self-supporting stone façade, and a free-plan floor, underground garage and the spectacular terrace on the roof.
In 1984, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Since 2013 it has been the headquarters of the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera which manages the visit to the building, exhibitions and other cultural and educative activities at Casa Milà.
Source: Wikipedia
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 to Roger de Llúria, next to the Balcó del Mediterrani . The Diputació de Tarragona acquired the statue, by Feliu Ferrer i Galzeran , on April 9 , 1886 . The pedestal was designed by the architect Ramon Salas i Ricomà . On the day of Santa Tecla in 1889 the monument was officially inaugurated, with the controversy over whether the admiral had to look at the sea (and thus give his back to the city) or had to be placed Facing the Rambla. Finally, this last option was chosen.