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With the demolition of the walls of Barcelona in 1853, an enormous amount of space appeared that had to be arranged. Ildefons Cerdà was the designer of the Eixample, which would become the template for modern Barcelona. Cerdà achieved success with his grid but died scorned. Subscribe to betevé's Youtube channel: https://goo.gl/WzArN1 Follow betevé on: Instagram: https://goo.gl/rkU4S2 Twitter: https://goo.gl/HdKjiy Facebook: https://goo.gl/rpKwYv Web: https://goo.gl/zBrEhq 0:00 Introduction 0:27 CHRONICLES OF BARCELONA 2:30 A MEDIEVAL AND DEFENSIVE CITY 5:56 A YOUNG MAN DEDICATED TO URBAN PLANNING 8:23 A COMPETITION BETWEEN BARCELONA AND MADRID 16:52 THE ISLAND, THE HEART OF THE CERDÀ PLAIN 20:27 THE MAP OF CERDÀ 24:57 ERASING CERDÀ