Eixample
Spain
8.30am - You will leave Barcelona though the Example district of town. As you head out of the city, your guide will give you a brief history of Barcelona, before letting you sit back and relax on the 90 minute drive to Figueres.
Contents
8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Eixample
Welcome to the Eixample, quite literally translated as the 'Extension' of Barcelona. This vast, meticulously planned district represents one of the most significant, revolutionary achievements in nineteenth-century global urban…
Listen in the app2The Cerdà Grid and Utopian Ideals
To understand the Eixample, one must first deeply understand the mind of Ildefons Cerdà. Standing at any intersection in this district, you are experiencing the physical manifestation of a social utopia. …
Listen in the app3Passeig de Gràcia - The Avenue of Wealth
We now step onto the Passeig de Gràcia, arguably the most elegant and opulent boulevard in all of Spain, frequently compared to the Champs-Élysées in Paris or Fifth Avenue in New York. Historically, this was merely a dusty rural…
Listen in the app4The Block of Discord (Illa de la Discòrdia)
On one specific stretch of Passeig de Gràcia, we encounter a fascinating architectural phenomenon known locally as the 'Illa de la Discòrdia', or the Block of Discord. This single block features adjacent buildings renovated by…
Listen in the app5Casa Batlló's Aquatic Dream
Focusing our attention on Antoni Gaudí’s contribution to the Block of Discord, we confront Casa Batlló. Remodeled in 1904, this building represents the absolute zenith of Gaudí's organic, surrealist style. …
Listen in the app6Casa Milà (La Pedrera)
Continuing further up Passeig de Gràcia, we arrive at another of Gaudí’s monumental creations, Casa Milà, colloquially known as 'La Pedrera', or The Stone Quarry. Completed in 1912, it was Gaudí’s final civic commission before…
Listen in the app7Hospital de Sant Pau
To conclude our exploration of the Eixample, we travel slightly further afield to a monument that encapsulates the highest social ideals of the Modernisme movement: the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Designed by Lluís…
Listen in the app8Eixample
As our scholarly traversal of the Eixample concludes, we must marvel at the sheer magnitude of ambition that this district represents. The Eixample is the physical embodiment of a society undergoing a massive, optimistic…
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What is Eixample?
Eixample is a place in Spain with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Spain |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 8 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 41.3906, 2.1625 |
| Last updated |
