In compliance with the voting results where you could choose between Barcelona, Casablanca and Visby, we now head in Streets & Squares to Barcelona - the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and also the second most populous municipality of Spain.
As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page.
The language of Barcelona is Catalan, as opposed to rest of Spain’s Castellano (it is the official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands). You can see this right away at the Barcelona Airport, and of course every time you walk the streets of Barcelona. For the word for street there is carrer instead of the Spanish calle. Here are some of those streets (and other places):
CARRER DE PUJADES - Jerónimo Pujades (1568-1635) was a historian born in Barcelona, Spain - StreetView - Wiki
CARRER DE RAMON TURRÓ - Ramon Turró i Darder (1854-1926) was a Catalan veterinarian, biologist and philosopher. Born in Malgrat de Mar, Maresme, Catalonia.
CARRER DE SANCHO DE AVILA - Sancho Dávila Toledo (1546-1625) was a bishop and a confessor of Theresa of Avila, born in Ávila, Old Castile.
CARRER D’ENRIC GRANADOS - Enrique Granados (1867-1916) was a pianist and composer of classical music. Born in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. StreetView
JARDINS DE JOAN MARAGALL - Joan Maragall (1860-1911) was a Catalan poet, journalist and translator born in Barcelona
JARDINS DE MOSSÈN COSTA I LLOBERA - Miquel Costa i Llobera (1854-1922) was a poet who wrote mainly in Catalan language. Born in Pollensa, Mallorca. StreetView - Wiki
PARC DE JOAN MIRÓ - Joan Miró (1893-1983) painter and sculptor, born in Barcelona.
PASSEIG D' ISABEL II - Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) Queen of Spain (1833-1868), deposed in the Glorious Revolution, and formally abdicated in 1870. Her son, Alfonso XII, became king in 1874. She was born in Madrid. StreetView
PLACA DE JOAN FIVELLER - Joan Fiveller (13xx-1434) was a political adviser born in Barcelona. Streetview
A to Z FROM BARCELONA
i.e. a list of people born in Barcelona. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag of Barcelona!
B - José Baselga* oncologist/researcher (1959) - Daniel Brühl* German-Spanish actor (1978)
C - Montserrat Caballé* opera singer (1933) - José Carreras* opera singer (1946) - Úrsula Corberó* actress (La Casa de Papel) (1989)&
D - Pau Donés* songwriter/ guitarist/singer (1966)
F - Francisco Ferrer* radical freethinker/anarchist (1859)
G - Andrés Gimeno* tennis player (1937)
I - Isabella of Aragon* Queen consort of France by marriage to Philip III of France (1248)
M - Joan Miró* painter/sculptor (1893) - Ramón Mercader* assassin of Trotsky (1913)
P - Juan Pujol García* double agent against Nazi Germany (1912) - Gerard Piqué* football player (1987)
S - Rosa Maria Sardá* actress/comedian (1941) - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario* tennis player/coach (1971)
T - Mar Targarona* actress/director/ producer (1953)
V - Erika Villaécija* swimmer (1984)
Updated 7.9.2022
https://traveltriangle.com/blog/beautiful-streets-in-barcelona/