• Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 2: el Putxet i el Farró – Gràcia

  • May 16 2024
  • Length: 38 mins
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Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 2: el Putxet i el Farró – Gràcia

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  • 1rst stop: Parc del Putxet. The Putxet neighbourhood, second residences for affluent families in Ciutat Vella fleeing poor sanitary conditions. Development of the Railway, characters of Pearson and Carles Muntané. The origin of the expression Can Fanga. The creative atmosphere of the neighbourhood: Mercè Rodoreda, Enric Granados, Robert Gerhard. The origins of the Gràcia neighbourhood. 2nd stop: plaça del Diamant. The Sant Crois croissants, and the history of the croissant. La Bodega Pàdua. Passatge de Sant Felip, Passatge de Mulet, architecture. Casa Vicens, Gaudí. Mercè Rodoreda, biography, origin of the street names Perla, Or, and connection with the novel The Diamond Square. Air-raid shelter Pl del Diamant. Robert Gerhard. Why do we eat paella on Thursdays? Some hypotheses. 3rd Stop: plaça del Sol. The good paella and the good service of the Envalira restaurant.
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