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Paral.lel |
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06-01-1996
This avenue runs exactly parallel to the equator and situates Barcelona
in one line with Rome and New York. Formerly this station was called "Pueblo
Seco". Transfer point to L3 and bottom station of the Montjuïc
funicular.
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Sant
Antoni |
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25-09-1995
Market place
dedicated to Saint Anthony, now name of the whole neighborhood.
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Universitat
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25-09-1995
The 'old'
University was built in 1874 by Elies Rogent just outside old Barcelona
after the city walls were torn down. Before that there was a University
like school on the upper part of the Rambla, popularly called 'Rambla
d'Estudis'.
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Passeig
de Gràcia |
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25-09-1995
Central avenue
connecting old Barcelona to the former village of Gràcia. Two of
Gaudi's most famous buildings, Casa Batlló and Casa Milà (La
Pedrera), among other modernist buildings, can be found along this avenue.
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Tetuan
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25-09-1995
Square named
after a town in Morroc, former Spanish colony.
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Monumental |
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25-09-1995
Nearby bull
ring built in the mozarabic style.
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Sagrada
Família |
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25-09-1995
This temple
is Antoni Gaudi's most important work in Barcelona (work started in 1882
and might be finished in ?).
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Encants
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20-09-1997
Popular name
for an outdoor market and jumble sale on Plaça de les Glòries,
and a newer indoor market near the station.
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Clot
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20-09-1997
Old neighborhood
meaning something like 'hiding place'. But it also means 'low area surrounded
by hills', which could be applied here, as the first settlement was along
the Rec Comtal canal.
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Bac
de Roda |
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20-09-1997
Street bearing
the epithet of Francesc Macià i Ambert (+1713), who came from Roda
de Ter (about 90 km north of Barcelona) and was a politician and fighter
on the Catalan side against Felipe V.
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Sant
Martí |
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20-09-1997
Name of one
of Barcelona's 10 city districts, former village 'Sant Martí de Provençals'.
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La
Pau |
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20-09-1997
Meaning
'peace', this neighborhood was built in the 60's remembering the end of
the Spanish Civil War 25 years earlier, in 1939.
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Verneda |
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22-04-1985
Neighborhood
in the district of Sant Martí; the name means area with alder trees,
probably along the Besòs river, but there are not many trees left
today.
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Artigues
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22-04-1985
until 2002:
JOAN XXIII - Avenue in Badalona and Sant Adrià de Besòs
named after Pope John XXIII (1958-1963).
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Sant
Roc |
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22-04-1985
New neighborhood
in Badalona called after Saint Roc, a 14th century pilgrim who helped
people suffering from the plague.
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Gorg |
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22-04-1985
Popular name
given to this neighborhood which means 'marsh' as the sea and the land
are almost on the same level.
Future interchange
with L9/L10
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Pep
Ventura |
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22-04-1985
Square in
the city of Badalona dedicated to Josep Maria Ventura i Casas, who dedicated
part of his life to the Sardana, the Catalan national dance, in the 19th
century.
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Badalona
Pompeu Fabra |
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11-07-2010
Located
right in the centre of Badalona.
Future interchange with L1
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