El Besòs i el Maresme is a neighborhood in the ''
Sant Martí'' district of
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
(
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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). Originally the land had been irrigated by the irrigation of the burrow and the Verneda, remains of an old arm of the river
Besòs that empties into the
Camp de la Bóta. The neighborhood stretches along the
Rambla de Prim
Rambla may refer to:
*Rambla, a synonym of Arroyo (creek)
* La Rambla, Barcelona, a street in central Barcelona
* Rambla de Catalunya, Barcelona, a major street in Barcelona
*La Rambla, Córdoba, municipality in the province of Córdoba, Spain
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.
In the neighborhood there is part of the
Parc del Fòrum, built for the event of
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 ...
and there will be built the
campus Diagonal-Besòs and
Zoo Marine.
Neighbourhoods of Barcelona
Sant Martí (district)
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