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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...
located on its eastern side, usually numbered 10 out of the ten districts of the city.
It borders the Mediterranean sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
, Sant Adrià del Besòs and four other districts of the city: Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample...
, l'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....
, Horta-Guinardó
Horta-Guinardó
Horta-Guinardó is the name of one of the districts of Barcelona, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and el Guinardó, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km², which sums up for the 11,9% of the total extension of the...
and Sant Andreu
Sant Andreu
Sant Andreu is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been divided up since 1984. It was named after a former municipality in the plain of Barcelona called Sant Andreu de Palomar, the largest in the area, which makes up nowadays the bulk of a neighbourhood bearing the same name...
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It did not become an integral part of Barcelona until as late as 1897, having been an autonomous village since 1714 with the imposition of the infamous Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees
The Nueva Planta decrees were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V—the first Bourbon king of Spain—during and shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession which he won....
. Before then, it had been a secondary parish of Santa Maria del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar (Barcelona)
This article is about the church in Barcelona. For other uses, see Santa María del Mar .Santa Maria del Mar is an imposing church in the Ribera district of Barcelona, Spain, built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile preeminence...
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Demographics
Neighbourhoods
It is divided in neigbhourhoods:- El Besòs i el MaresmeEl Besòs i el MaresmeEl Besòs i el Maresme is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia . 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 Camp de la Bóta...
- El Camp de l'Arpa del ClotEl Camp de l'Arpa del ClotEl Camp de l'Arpa del Clot is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- El ClotEl ClotEl Clot is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia . It is one of the oldest parts of the district as it existed in medieval times under the name Clotum Melis . It was one of the parts of the former municipality of Sant Martí de Provençals, as it were the current...
- Diagonal Mar i Front Marítim del PoblenouDiagonal Mar i Front Marítim del PoblenouDiagonal Mar i Front Marítim del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia .The area between the seafront, Sant Adrià de Besòs and the Besòs river was previously made up of slums and poor areas surrounding the neighbourhoods of La Mina, El Maresme and Poblenou...
- El Parc i Llacuna del PoblenouEl Parc i Llacuna del PoblenouEl Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia . The cores from this area were established around several parks , and the road that connected with el Clot, el Poblenou and la Llacuna...
- El Poblenou
- Provençals del PoblenouProvençals del PoblenouProvençals del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- Sant Martí de ProvençalsSant Martí de ProvençalsSant Martí de Provençals is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia .Sant Martí de Provençals was the center of the eponymous former municipality, which now more or less coincides with the current district of Sant Martí and who gave the name to be the main core of the town...
- La Verneda i la PauLa Verneda i la PauLa Verneda i la Pau is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- La Vila Olímpica del PoblenouLa Vila Olímpica del PoblenouLa Vila Olímpica del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia . It was constructed in the late 1980s and early 1990s for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games which took place in Barcelona...
Etymology
It is possible to trace the origin of the name Provençals in the Latin word provincialis, a term used by the Romans to design fields just beyond the city walls. Also, Sant Martí is the name of the first church built in the area.4 star hotels
| Hotel | Carrer | Districte | Codi postal | Plantes |
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| Hotel Icaria Barcelona | Avinguda Icària 195 | Port Olímpic Port Olímpic The Port Olímpic is a marina located in Barcelona, Catalonia. Located east of the Port of Barcelona, it hosted the sailing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics.thumbThe venue was opened in 1991.-References:* Volume 2. pp. 255-8.* , , , &... |
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| Hotel Diagonal Zero | Plaça Llevant s/n | Fòrum Forum Forum may refer to:*Forum , open public space in the middle of a Roman city**Roman Forum, most famous example*Forum , designated space for public expression in the USA... |
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