Carrer de Tarragona, Barcelona
Encyclopedia
Carrer de Tarragona is a street in Barcelona
. A long street lined with high-rises, it serves as the border between Hostafrancs
, in the district
of Sants-Montjuïc
, and Eixample
. This street runs from Plaça d'Espanya towards Plaça dels Països Catalans, the location of the Barcelona Sants railway station
. The Parc de Joan Miró is on one of the sides of the road. It's named after Tarragona
, the capital of one
of the four provinces of Catalonia
. The street was given its current name in 1900, but originally Ildefons Cerdà
had intended to call it Núm. 12, owing to his numerical naming system.
station named after the street: Tarragona
. Sants Estació is also near, albeit on the other end of the street.
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. A long street lined with high-rises, it serves as the border between Hostafrancs
Hostafrancs
Hostafrancs is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia . Originally the land belonged to the former municipality of Santa Maria de Sants, the current district. In 1839 the Provincial Council was to disassociate the sector was the Pont d'en Rabassa Cross to cover for...
, in the district
Districts of Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain proper is presently divided into 10 districts. These are administrated by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The current division of the city into...
of Sants-Montjuïc
Sants-Montjuïc
Sants-Montjuïc is one of the ten districts Barcelona has been split in since 1984, numbered District 3. Comprising very different areas of the city, it covers the southern part of Barcelona, joining the two former districts II and VII , as well as the different areas comprised in the Zona Franca...
, and Eixample
Eixample
The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns , constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries....
. This street runs from Plaça d'Espanya towards Plaça dels Països Catalans, the location of the Barcelona Sants railway station
Barcelona Sants railway station
Barcelona Sants railway station or Sants Estació is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of the Spanish state...
. The Parc de Joan Miró is on one of the sides of the road. It's named after Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
, the capital of one
Tarragona (province)
Tarragona is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lleida, Barcelona, and the Mediterranean Sea....
of the four provinces of Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
. The street was given its current name in 1900, but originally Ildefons Cerdà
Ildefons Cerdà
Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer was the progressive Catalan Spanish urban planner who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample.-Biography:...
had intended to call it Núm. 12, owing to his numerical naming system.
Transport
There's a Barcelona MetroBarcelona Metro
The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...
station named after the street: Tarragona
Tarragona (Barcelona Metro)
Tarragona is the name of a station in the Barcelona Metro network, served by L3 , located under carrer de Tarragona in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, not far from rail station Barcelona Sants...
. Sants Estació is also near, albeit on the other end of the street.