Avinguda Diagonal (, in
Spanish
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Avenida Diagonal) is the name of one of
Barcelona
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's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally with respect to the grid pattern of the surrounding streets, hence the name.
It was originally projected by engineer and
urban planner
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An urban planner may focus on a specific area of practice and have a title such as city planner, town ...
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 ''Eixampl ...
as one of the city's wide avenues, which along with
Avinguda Meridiana
Avinguda Meridiana () is a major avenue in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, spanning parts of the Sant Andreu, Nou Barris and Sant Martí northern districts of the city. Originally planned by Ildefons Cerdà in 1859 to be one of the two most impo ...
would cut the rationalist grid he designed for l'
Eixample
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(
Catalan
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Catalonia
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Places
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for ''extension''). Both would meet at
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes (), most often shortened to Glòries, is a large square in Barcelona, first designed by Ildefons Cerdà to serve as the city centre in his original urban plan (''Pla Cerdà''), but nowadays relegated to quite a seco ...
, which Cerdà envisioned as the new city centre. However,
Plaça Catalunya, equally a new addition to the city of Barcelona, and connecting
Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella (, meaning in English "Old City") is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ''Ciutat Vella'' is nestl ...
and
Eixample
The Eixample (; ) is a district of Barcelona between the old city ( Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns ( Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 ...
, and therefore occupying a more privileged position in the urban area, would finally become the centre. Avinguda Diagonal remains to this day a much-transited avenue and many companies and hotels use it as a privileged location, as can be seen in its architecture.
The avenue starts in the
Les Corts district on the western edge of the city and runs to the
Sant Martí district on the eastern edge. To its west, it connects with the
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
-
Madrid
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highway and
Ronda de Dalt
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in the neighbouring municipality of
Esplugues de Llobregat
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. To its east, it meets the
Ronda del Litoral on the border with the municipality of
Sant Adrià de Besòs
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. It is consistently wide and about long.
Name
The different regimes that held power in
Catalonia
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and Spain during the 20th century sought to change the city's street names, and Avinguda Diagonal was permitted no exception. It has been known under the following names:
* Gran Via Diagonal – original name which
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 ''Eixampl ...
and
Víctor Balaguer Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
*Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrera, ...
intended to call the avenue.
* Avinguda d'Argüelles – 1891. Named after
Agustín Argüelles
Agustín Argüelles (18 August 1776 in Ribadesella, Asturias – 26 March 1844 in Madrid) was a Spanish liberal politician. He served as the 81st and 94th president of the Congress of Deputies.
Biography
He studied Law at the University of Ovie ...
(1776–1844).
* Avinguda de la Nacionalitat Catalana – 1922.
Mancomunitat de Catalunya, (in English, Commonwealth of Catalonia).
* Avenida de Alfonso XIII −1924. During
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquess of Estella (8 January 1870 – 16 March 1930), was a dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during Spain's Restoration era. He deepl ...
's dictatorship, named after King
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfo ...
.
* Avinguda del Catorze d'Abril – 1931.
Second Spanish Republic
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(1931–1939).
* Gran Vía Diagonal – 1939, provisional name imposed the day after the
Fascist
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capture of
Barcelona
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as an attempt to eliminate references to the Republic.
* Avenida del Generalísimo Francisco Franco – 1939. During the authoritarian regime of
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...
.
* Avinguda Diagonal – Its current name, adopted following the
restoration of democracy in 1979.
The name "Diagonal" has always prevailed in popular usage.
History
Early history
Ildefons Cerdà's so-called
Pla Cerdà was not totally successful in transforming Barcelona's urban reality, as only parts of it were finally approved. The construction of Avinguda Diagonal is one of the projects it entailed that became reality, when a Royal Decree from
Queen Isabella II of Spain
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Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the successio ...
and
Leopoldo O'Donnell
Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Grandee, GE (12 January 1809 – 5 November 1867), was a Spanish general and Grandee who was Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions.
Early life
He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in t ...
's
Spanish government
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in
Madrid
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allowed him to start the construction of the avenue in 1859. The city council of Barcelona had previously requested the approval of
Antoni Rovira i Trias's alternative project instead, which had been rejected.
![Avinguda Diagonal 070](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Avinguda_Diagonal_070.jpg)
After the completion of its central section, from the current
Plaça de Francesc Macià towards
Glòries, it soon became one of Barcelona's most popular avenues and an ideal place for the Catalan
aristocrats
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and
bourgeoisie
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to exhibit their carriages.
Francesc Cambó
Francesc Cambó i Batlle (; 2 September 1876 – 30 April 1947) was a conservative Spanish politician from Catalonia, founder and leader of the autonomist party ''Lliga Regionalista''. He was a minister in several Spanish governments. He supported ...
, leader of
Lliga Regionalista
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proposed the construction of a new palace for the then monarch
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfo ...
in 1919 (the royal palace in
Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella (, meaning in English "Old City") is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ''Ciutat Vella'' is nestl ...
had been destroyed in the fire of 1875).
Recent history
Avinguda Diagonal suffered several attacks by the
Basque separatist
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organisation
ETA
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in 2000. On 2 November, a
car bomb
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Car bombs can be roughly divided ...
exploded injuring a security officer and a
municipal officer. A few days later, on 21 November, a car used by the killers of Enerst Lluch exploded in the middle of the avenue. On 20 December a municipal officer was shot dead.
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Four venues in the area hosted competitions for the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
.
During 2010, Diagonal reform proposals were on the headlines, as the Barcelona city council had plans to make the tram cross the whole avenue. A ''popular consultation'' (the word ''referendum'' being banned by Spanish law) was scheduled for May 2010 between two reform proposals, the so-called ''rambla'' or ''boulevard''. It resulted in a big political failure for the city mayor,
Jordi Hereu
Jordi Hereu i Boher (; born 14 June 1965 in Barcelona, Spain) is a politician, member of the PSC. He was the Mayor of Barcelona from 2006 to 2011. He is married, has two children and holds a MBA in business administration from the ESADE Business ...
. There was a bare participation of 12% of potential voters, and about 80% voted for the third option ''none of the former two'', that is, against any change.
Opción C: Varapalo al alcalde Hereu
' a ''La Vanguardia'' 16 May 2010
Buildings and places of interest
Architecture
*
Casa del Baró de Quadras (
Museu de la Música) – designed by
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Josep Puig i Cadafalch (; Mataró, 17 October 1867 – Barcelona, 21 December 1956) was a Catalan '' Modernista'' architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona, and a politician who had a significant role in the development of ...
(1904–1906)
*
Casa Comalat – designed by
Salvador Valeri i Pupurull
Salvador Valeri i Pupurull (1873–1954) was a Catalan architect who worked in the style of Modernisme.
Valeri was born in Barcelona and studied in the Polytechnical School of Madrid and the School of Architecture of Barcelona, where he obtained ...
(1906–1911)
*
Església del Carme – designed by
Josep Domènech i Estapà
Josep Domènech i Estapà (; Tarragona, 1858 – Cabrera de Mar, 1917) was a Catalan architect.
He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy (1888) and descriptive geometry (1895) at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acad ...
,
neo-Byzantine style
Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...
(1909)
*
Casa Serra
The Casa Serra (Serra House) is a building in the Modernisme style in Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. It is situated at number 126 Rambla de Catalunya, at that street's corner with the Avinguda Diagonal.
The building was built as a ...
– also designed by
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Josep Puig i Cadafalch (; Mataró, 17 October 1867 – Barcelona, 21 December 1956) was a Catalan '' Modernista'' architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona, and a politician who had a significant role in the development of ...
, became a school.
*
Casa de Terrades, also known as
Casa de les Punxes
The Casa de les Punxes or Casa Terradas is a building designed by the Modernisme, Modernista architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Located in the intersection between the streets of Rosselló, Bruc and the Avinguda Diagonal in the Barcelona Eixample ...
– Eixample's widest building, designed by Puig i Cadafalch (1903–1905)
*
ME Barcelona hotel, designed by
Dominique Perrault
Dominique Perrault (born 9 April 1953 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French architect and urban planner. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Silver medal for town planning in 1992 and the Mies v ...
(2007).
*
Palau Pérez Samanillo
*
Casa Sayrach – (1918)
*
Palau Reial de Pedralbes
The Palau Reial de Pedralbes (; en, "Pedralbes Royal Palace"; Spanish: "Palacio Real de Pedralbes") is a building placed in the middle of an ample garden in the district of Les Corts, in Barcelona. From 1919 until 1931 it was the residence for t ...
(1921), built for
Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alf ...
and its gardens. (1924).
*
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* ...
– designed by
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and ''Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has ob ...
, next to
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes (), most often shortened to Glòries, is a large square in Barcelona, first designed by Ildefons Cerdà to serve as the city centre in his original urban plan (''Pla Cerdà''), but nowadays relegated to quite a seco ...
(2005).
*
La Caixa Headquarters
La Caixa (La Caixa Headquarters) is a complex of three buildings, including two skyscrapers in Barcelona, Spain. Completed in 1974. ''La Caixa 1'' has 26 floors and rises 85 meters, ''La Caixa 2'' has 14 floors and rises 48 meters.Disseny Hub Barcelona
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Shopping centres
*
L'Illa.
*
El Corte Inglés Avinguda Diagonal
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Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American p ...
*
El Corte Inglés Francesc Macià
*
Diagonal Mar
*
Glòries
*
Pedralbes Centre
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Cinemas
*CINESA Diagonal Mar
*Boliche
*CINESA Diagonal
*Glòries Multicines
Education
Avinguda Diagonal is also home to several schools of both
Universitat de Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
(UB) and
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
The Technical University of Catalonia ( ca, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, , es, link=no, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña; UPC), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spai ...
, in the area that is commonly known as ''
Zona Universitària
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''.
The following UB faculties and schools are located on the avenue:
*Biology (Av. Diagonal, 645)
*Chemical Engineering (Av. Diagonal, 647)
*Chemistry (Av. Diagonal, 647)
*Business school (Av. Diagonal, 696)
*Economics (Av. Diagonal, 690)
*Law (Av. Diagonal, 684)
*Materials Engineering (Av. Diagonal, 647)
*Physics (Av. Diagonal, 647)
Transport
Metro
The avenue is served by a number of metro stations:
*
Zona Universitària
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(
L3,
L9)
*
Palau Reial (
L3)
*
Maria Cristina (
L3)
*
Diagonal
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(
L3,
L5) – In and around
Passeig de Gràcia.
*
Provença (
L6,
L7) – In
Carrer Provença, linked with
Diagonal
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station.
*
Verdaguer (
L4,
L5) – In
Plaça Verdaguer
*
Glòries (
L1) – in
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes (), most often shortened to Glòries, is a large square in Barcelona, first designed by Ildefons Cerdà to serve as the city centre in his original urban plan (''Pla Cerdà''), but nowadays relegated to quite a seco ...
.
*
Selva de Mar (
L4).
*
El Maresme Fòrum (
L4).
Tram
Trambaix
The Trambaix () is one of Barcelona's three tram systems. It is operated by TRAMMET connecting the Baix Llobregat area with the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It opened to the public on 5 April 2004 after a weekend when the tram could be u ...
*Zona Universitària (
T1,
T2,
T3)
*Palau Reial (
T1,
T2,
T3)
*Maria Cristina (
T1,
T2,
T3)
*Numància (
T1,
T2,
T3)
*L'Illa (
T1,
T2,
T3)
*Francesc Macià (
T1,
T2,
T3)
Trambesòs
Trambesòs () is a tram– light rail system in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia that links the Barcelona district of Sant Martí with Badalona and Sant Adrià de Besòs. Its name comes from the union of the words "tram", an abbre ...
*Glòries (
T4,
T5)
*Ca L'Aranyó (
T4)
*Pere IV (
T4)
*Fluvià (
T4)
*Selva de Mar (
T4)
*El Maresme (
T4)
*Fòrum (
T4)
See also
*
Diagonal metro station
In geometry, a diagonal is a line segment joining two vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, when those vertices are not on the same edge. Informally, any sloping line is called diagonal. The word ''diagonal'' derives from the ancient Greek δ ...
*
Eixample
The Eixample (; ) is a district of Barcelona between the old city ( Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns ( Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 ...
,
List of streets in Eixample
This is a full list of streets and squares in L'Eixample, a district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
List A
* Aldana, d'
* Alí Bei, d'
* Almogàvers, dels
* Anaïs Napoléon, jardins d' ( Anaïs Napoleón)
* Aragó, d'
* Aribau, d'
* Arts, p ...
*
Modernisme
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,
Noucentisme
Noucentisme in Catalonia (, ''noucentista'' being its adjective) was a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme, both in art and ideology, and was, simultaneously, a perception ...
,
Art Nouveau
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.
*
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 ''Eixampl ...
and his ''
Pla Cerdà'', influenced by
utopian socialism
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*
History of Barcelona
The history of Barcelona stretches over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village named ''Barkeno''. Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge (512 m) and the Mediterranean Sea, the coastal route ...
*
History of Catalonia
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History of Spain
The history of Spain dates to contact the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula made with the Greeks and Phoenicians and the first writing systems known as Paleohispanic scripts were developed. During Classical A ...
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2004 Universal Forum of Cultures
The 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures - ( ca, Fòrum Universal de les Cultures, es, Fórum Universal de las Culturas) was a 141-day international event that took place in the ''Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB)'' and its surr ...
*
Street names in Barcelona
*
Urban planning of Barcelona
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References
Sources
* ALBAREDA, Joaquim, GUÀRDIA, Manel i altres. Enciclopèdia de Barcelona, Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, Barcelona, 2006.
External links
Article on Avinguda Diagonal by journalist Lluís PermanyerThe new tile of Diagonal in Barcelona
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