La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample (
Catalan for ''Expansion, New Left'', meaning the newer sector of L'Eixample
the Expansion'on the west/left side of
Carrer de Balmes) is a neighborhood in the ''
Eixample
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'' district of
Barcelona
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,
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(
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). Originally it formed a single unit, called
Esquerra de l'Eixample
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, with the current neighborhood
l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample.
In this neighborhood there are the
Can Batlló's three buildings (currently the Industrial School), the former prison
La Model, the park
Parc de Joan Miró, located in the emplacement of the former city's slaughterhouse, the bullfighting ring
Las Arenas, which is nowadays a shopping centre, and the
Casa Golferichs.
Due to its considerable
Romanian migrant population, La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample has been defined as a "Little Romania".
Dona i Ocell
(, "Woman and Bird") is a 22-metre high sculpture by Joan Miró located in the '' Parc de Joan Miró'' park, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. The sculpture is p ...
at the Parc de Joan Miró
File:Las Arenas 2010 b.jpg, Les Arenes During its remodelation (2010)
File:Presó Model.jpg, Model prison of Barcelona
File:RiB-CasaGolferichs-1889sh.jpg, Casa Golferichs
References
External links
Web of La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample Barcelona's City Hall Web (Catalan)
Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, la
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