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English
WHAT IS THE CERDÀ YEAR?
Exactly 150 years ago, on the 7th of June 1859, the Plan for Reform and Development of Barcelona was approved. This was the work of one of Barcelona’s most magnificent minds: Ildefons Cerdà.
ORGANISATION
Find out who organises The Cerdà Year, as well as the list of entities which support the event.
ILDEFONS CERDÀ: BIOGRAPHY
An engineer for roads, channels and ports, Ildefons Cerdà was born on the 23rd of December 1815 in the Catalonian manor El Cerdà de Centelles. The fourth of six siblings, he found himself forced to rebel against the future reserved for him as a priest.
150 YEARS AGO
What happened 150 years ago? Why did the city need expansion? Why did the Government choose Ildefons Cerdà’s Plan? Which were its main features? Find in here all these questions and their answers.
