Francisco de Paula Rius y Taulet (

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, 1833 -

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, 1889) was a Spanish lawyer and

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. He was

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in four different non-consecutive periods during the

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between 1858 and 1889. He is regarded to be among the highest promoters of the

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and its related urbanistic reforms. His son Manuel Rius y Rius was also mayor of Barcelona between 1916 and 1917. He is interred in the

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in Barcelona.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taulet, Francesc de Paula Rius i Mayors of Barcelona City Council 1833 births 1889 deaths