Global InformationStreet names in Barcelona information
The odonyms of Barcelona — meaning the street names in Barcelona along with the names of thoroughfares and other roads in the city — are regulated by the Ponència de Nomenclàtor dels Carrers de Barcelona, a commission under the Department of Culture of the Barcelona City Council.
These names have changed over time, reflecting the various historical, social, political, economic, and cultural events that have taken place in the city. Its evolution has also been marked by various factors, such as urban planning and the physical and territorial changes that have occurred in the physiognomy of the city, mainly derived from its geographic expansion along the Barcelona plain, with two main milestones: the Plan de Eixample developed by Ildefons Cerdà and the addition of neighboring municipalities, between the 19th and 20th centuries.
The oldest street names still existing in Barcelona are of medieval origin. However, their regulation did not begin until the 19th century, and it was not until the middle of that century that street signs began to be placed with their names. On the other hand, although until that century the odonyms came primarily from tradition, since then there has been a frequent alternation of street naming for political reasons, with various important events: the Liberal Triennium of 1820-1823, the liberal periods of 1840 and 1854, the Sexenio Democrático (1868-1874), the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1929), the Second Republic (1931-1939), the Francoist dictatorship (1939-1975) and the democratic restoration.[1]
In Barcelona there are various types of public roads, the most common of which are: street, alley, square, plaza, small square, promenade, avenue, boulevard, boulevard, road, roundabout, passage, descent, stairs, crossing, viewpoint, path, and road, in addition to docks, breakwaters, beaches, parks and gardens.[1] In 2016 there were 4518 streets accounted for,[2] which accounted for a total of 1300 linear kilometers.[3]
- ^ a b Fabre and Huertas. 1992 p. 7
- ^ "Los señores de las calles". El Periódico de Catalunya.
- ^ Various authors. 2006 p. 260