El Besòs i el Maresme is a neighborhood in the ''
Sant Martí'' district of
Barcelona
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,
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(
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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 . The neighborhood stretches along the .
In the neighborhood there is part of the
Parc del Fòrum, built for the event of
2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and there will be built the
campus Diagonal-Besòs and
Zoo Marine.
References
Neighbourhoods of Barcelona
Sant Martí (district)
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