Antoni Rovira i Trias (1816 in

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– 1889 in Barcelona) was a

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and founder of several associations, among them Societat Filomàtica de Barcelona. He is known as the architect of several buildings in Barcelona, among them the markets of Barceloneta (1873), La Concepció (1885; on career d'Aragó),

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(1876) and Sant Antoni (1879). He is also responsible for the Passatge del Comerç (1855), Teatre Circ Barcelonès (1853) and the construction of the loggia of Palau Moja (1856) and, vital to the development of the city, the demolition of the Ciutadella, the 18th-century military citadel. His

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for Barcelona, under the name ''Le tracé d’une ville est oeuvre du temps plutôt que d’architecte'' rivalled with

Ildefons Cerdà Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer (; es, Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer; December 23, 1815, Centelles – August 21, 1876, Caldas de Besaya) was a Spanish urban planner and engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the ''Eixample ...

's, and won the 1859 municipal contest by city council's decree, but the central

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favoured Cerdà's over his, and construction started the following year. Eventually, however, Cerdà's plan would remain unfulfilled. Rovira's plan, and to a large degree himself too, were long forgotten until recently, when a book was published focusing on Rovira's egalitarian approach to urban planning, and small but meaningful details for which he was responsible. Monument Antoni Rovira

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Antoni Rovira i Trias at Barcelona Metropolis.cat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rovira Trias, Antoni People from Barcelona Architects from Catalonia Spanish urban planners 1816 births 1889 deaths 19th-century Spanish architects

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