Barcelona's map, EXPLAINED

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CREDITS
Executive Producer: Andrew McGarrity
Video: Driaan Louw

Music: MusicBed

[cassioiks]

0:56 you got the rivers inverted there.

[paquitopix]

In my opinion, you missed one of the most curious things about Cerda's urbanistic plan. Avinguda del Paral·lel is aligned to the Earth's parallel lines and Avinguda Meridiana is aligned to the Earth's meridians. Extending two imaginary lines along those two avenues, they would intercept each other with a perfect 90º angle, right over the old Barcelona lighthouse from 1772 called Torre del Rellotge (The clock tower) at the port by the seaside. 🤓🤓
This distribution makes the whole thing make much more sense. Opposite to the classical Nort-South orientation in most North American cities, in Barcelona, thanks to Cerda's geniality, every side of every block receives direct sunlight at some point during the day. This is absolutely genius. 👏👏👏👏👏

[rogerfernandezescude]

I'm from Barcelona. And, as many other comments, I must say your video is very, very accurate. Great video! Yes, there are minor (very minor) mistakes, but, mate, the work you've done is great! Thanks. And also, thanks for trying to keep the real catalan names of everything. Again, congratulations

[pjordi]

Fabulous video, very well done and explained! At 0:51 min, the rivers are the other way round. West Llobregat, east Besòs.

[as]

Born& raised by St.Antoni here! LOVED the video and the accuracy. I always tell visitors about the geniality of Cerdà's planning and how all the different neighborhoods wherebefore independent villages. Also, how the left party has been trying to get back to Cerdà's green areas idea and how beautifully this is modifying the city. Unfortunately I think we went a bit too crazy with tourism and it's complicating things for us locals, but guess u can't have it all. Thanks for making it!

[carbo]

you got the rivers wrong at 0:55. They are one each other's place. But apart from that, as a Catalan I find most of your historic and urban elements very well explained.

[oriolpujolmartinez]

I know for a fact that you did an amazing research for this video. Accurate information and great maps you have to dig in archives to find in goog quality. As a catalan and barcelonian, thank you.

By the way, you live in my dream house with those views to Montserrat, a sacred and magic mountain for many catalans.

[DrPepperone]

As a resident of Barcelona, this is the most comprehensive, engaging and concise history of the city I've seen. Thank you!

[Merovingi]

Great video, I just want to add a minor detail. As you perfectly said, Avinguda del Paralel is called that way because it runs parallel to the equator (from east to west) like the parallel lines of a globe. In the same way, Avinguda Meridiana is called that way because it goes perfectly from north to south like the same globe meridians.

[marnusjansevanvuuren]

I've watched so many videos about Barcelona's history (I visited a year ago and fell completely in love with the city), but I've never heard them narrated by a South African accent. Very comforting.

[jaumeroca]

I'm for Barcelona, I LOVE how much you respect places explained in yours videos. From the accuracy to the fact of saying names in the original language. Great video man!

[pizzaipinya]

A part from the minor river swapping error, the video is really good, great job!

[elgofre]

As a person from Barcelona I love this video! But at 6:40, the map shows the territories of the Crown of Aragon, which were the Principality of Catalonia, and the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and Mallorca. By 1653, Spain was already formed. Many People considers that Spain was formed when the king Ferdinand II of the Crown of Aragon and the queen Isabella I of Castile married in 1469 (Catholics Monarchs). The 2 crowns, had their own laws and worked practically as different states. Basically Spain was a decentralized state. But when the Succession War began, Catalonians decided to support the Habsburgs because of Philip V's ideas of centralization of Spain. When Catalonia was abandoned by its Allies and lost the war, Philip V retired all privileges Catalonia had and they punished them with things like, as you mentioned, construction limitations

[xupacalvas]

Man, I'm a Barcelona citizen and this video is just beautifully done. There's some minor mistakes and quite more stuff that you could have explained, but I really enjoyed watching it. (Now, after I've finished writing this, I've noticed that I'm not the first one to compliment you hahaha) Great job :)

[dave-uldy]

Great video!

One critical change for the city that the Olympics brought was the construction of "Rondas", Ronda de Dalt and Ronda Litoral. 2 "urban highways" at the edges of the city (Dalt on the mountain neighborhoods, Litoral at the sea) limited to 80km/h which massively improved mobility.

[elenamartinezgonzalez]

To add a bit more to this great video, "ramblas" refer to dry riverbeds that temporarily fill with water after heavy rainfalls. In urban settings, these have been transformed into broad promenades. So, it is not a concept unique to Barcelona; other places, such as Alicante, also have ramblas. Loved the concent!

[guillembetetatorres]

Thanks for being so respectful with the catalan society and their history across Barcelona, as well as for the research about the composition of the city. It has been a really enjoyable pleasure to see the video. Good job.

[jimsteinberg]

Thx for this excellent visual explanation of Barcelona’s growth. Outstanding insights not available in one cohesive, concise narrative anywhere else

[ericmoreno]

I am Spanish and Catalan and I learned more about our history in this video than in school.

[bernattrro]

As a catalan, thanks to explain really well the story of the map of our capital :)