Barcelona's map, EXPLAINED

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[@cassioiks]

0:56 you got the rivers inverted there.

[@jackguerra1716]

yup

[@CineSoar]

@14:18 that would be the Mediterranean sea, not the ocean.

[@MichalBrat]

Thanks, now it makes sense! I was wondering how can I remember seeing Besos Mar if it is so far from the city center :-)

[@25566]

Thank god I thought it was weird to have "hospitalet de Llobregat" near a river that wasn't Llobregat 😂

[@darquecontraje4776]

Yes

[@rogerfernandezescude3431]

I'm from Barcelona. And, as many other comments, I must say your video is very, very accurate. Great video! Yes, there are minor (very minor) mistakes, but, mate, the work you've done is great! Thanks. And also, thanks for trying to keep the real catalan names of everything. Again, congratulations

[@ptt95]

I'm also from Barcelona. I was impressed with the overview of the post 1714 repression. I have seen a lot of videos about Barcelona and Spain from non Spaniards, and most of them reach the whole Catalonia vs Spain issue and try to approach it in an impartial, just factual, way. They never succeed. I guess the current, easily available public information is too partisan to any of the two sides to be able to get a quick impartial understanding. This video however, did an amazing job of explaining the relevant information in a factual way and avoiding entering in the irrelevant (for the video topic) "drama".

[@adrianredodo]

Say the same. Great video, fellows!

[@tonispiritcat417]

Roger, es deixa moltissimes coses i fot unes quantes errrades molt basiques i ignora moltissims fets, no se com et pot agradar.

[@paquitopix]

In my opinion, you missed one of the most curious things about Cerda's urbanistic plan. Avinguda del Paral·lel is aligned to the Earth's parallel lines and Avinguda Meridiana is aligned to the Earth's meridians. Extending two imaginary lines along those two avenues, they would intercept each other with a perfect 90º angle, right over the old Barcelona lighthouse from 1772 called Torre del Rellotge (The clock tower) at the port by the seaside. 🤓🤓 This distribution makes the whole thing make much more sense. Opposite to the classical Nort-South orientation in most North American cities, in Barcelona, thanks to Cerda's geniality, every side of every block receives direct sunlight at some point during the day. This is absolutely genius. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@davidfrigolatubert7621]

But is that alignment of city blocks on purpose, or is it a consequence of the natural axes of the city being sea-mountain and besos-llobregat rather than N-S and E-W?

[@somii-3]

Well he did actually mention in the video that Paral·lel is parallel to the equator. But nice to know about Meridiana too. Hadn't thought of that ...

[@paquitopix]

@@davidfrigolatubert7621 Completely on purpose. He aligned the blocks to the Sun so every block receives direct sunlight at some point during the day. You can see how the Sun is completely aligned with avinguda Meridiana at noon during the summer and winter solstices. I live in Meridiana and checked by myself. 😄

[@scarlett.23]

I visited Barcelona several times and when I heard the names of the streets, it clicked immediately. Then checked on the map and it indeed aligned perfectly. But I didn’t know about the sun, cool detail

[@pjordi]

Fabulous video, very well done and explained! At 0:51 min, the rivers are the other way round. West Llobregat, east Besòs.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Great piece of info, thank you!

[@cassioiks]

@@BrightTripTravel Do you plan to fix that? Don't get me wrong, the video is perfect, one of the best I've seen in all youtube. But this little thing taints it a little.

[@NikitaHilko]

Also noticed that the river names are misplaced. Anyway loved the video too

[@DrPepperone]

@@cassioiks unfortunately, fixing and reposting videos on youtube is a suicide in terms of views and engagement. Blame the game, not the player :(

[@jordi6795]

@@DrPepperone YT should have an option of allowing the temporary edition of a video within a short period of time (a week or two as much) and minor corrections (to avoid a misuse of that function), in order to correct this minor mistakes without affecting the views and engagement...😅

[@as3131985]

Born& raised by St.Antoni here! LOVED the video and the accuracy. I always tell visitors about the geniality of Cerdà's planning and how all the different neighborhoods wherebefore independent villages. Also, how the left party has been trying to get back to Cerdà's green areas idea and how beautifully this is modifying the city. Unfortunately I think we went a bit too crazy with tourism and it's complicating things for us locals, but guess u can't have it all. Thanks for making it!

[@marnusjansevanvuuren2442]

I've watched so many videos about Barcelona's history (I visited a year ago and fell completely in love with the city), but I've never heard them narrated by a South African accent. Very comforting.

[@dave-ul9dy]

Great video! One critical change for the city that the Olympics brought was the construction of "Rondas", Ronda de Dalt and Ronda Litoral. 2 "urban highways" at the edges of the city (Dalt on the mountain neighborhoods, Litoral at the sea) limited to 80km/h which massively improved mobility.

[@DrPepperone]

As a resident of Barcelona, this is the most comprehensive, engaging and concise history of the city I've seen. Thank you!

[@carbo73]

you got the rivers wrong at 0:55. They are one each other's place. But apart from that, as a Catalan I find most of your historic and urban elements very well explained.

[@oriolpujolmartinez7268]

I know for a fact that you did an amazing research for this video. Accurate information and great maps you have to dig in archives to find in goog quality. As a catalan and barcelonian, thank you. By the way, you live in my dream house with those views to Montserrat, a sacred and magic mountain for many catalans.

[@pizzaipinya2442]

A part from the minor river swapping error, the video is really good, great job!

[@jimsteinberg9291]

Thx for this excellent visual explanation of Barcelona’s growth. Outstanding insights not available in one cohesive, concise narrative anywhere else

[@BrightTripTravel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@xupacalvas156]

Man, I'm a Barcelona citizen and this video is just beautifully done. There's some minor mistakes and quite more stuff that you could have explained, but I really enjoyed watching it. (Now, after I've finished writing this, I've noticed that I'm not the first one to compliment you hahaha) Great job :)

[@ericmoreno1640]

I am Spanish and Catalan and I learned more about our history in this video than in school.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Amazing! Love that.

[@Merovingi]

Great video, I just want to add a minor detail. As you perfectly said, Avinguda del Paralel is called that way because it runs parallel to the equator (from east to west) like the parallel lines of a globe. In the same way, Avinguda Meridiana is called that way because it goes perfectly from north to south like the same globe meridians.

[@jaumeroca9612]

I'm for Barcelona, I LOVE how much you respect places explained in yours videos. From the accuracy to the fact of saying names in the original language. Great video man!

[@zenozeno8655]

Fantastic! That's what I call a good informative video. Pointing on a map different locations and then immediately supporting your explanations with real image (pictures) of those locations can make anyone understand what you're talking about.

[@OENGERAGENCY]

Wow. Visited Barcelona last year and now, thanks to this video, a lot of things we noticed finally fall into place. Amazing video!

[@elenadelapena9197]

Congrats! as from someone born and bred in Barcelona, I really enjoyed this video

[@richdecibels]

this is such a cool way to tell the history of the city

[@eddaines237]

Good effort! A few minor glitches but one of the best concise timelines I’ve seen of this fantastic city.

[@sergio1567]

Being from Barcelona, must say this is such a well made video! Thank you!

[@BrightTripTravel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@guillembetetatorres7025]

Thanks for being so respectful with the catalan society and their history across Barcelona, as well as for the research about the composition of the city. It has been a really enjoyable pleasure to see the video. Good job.

[@joelcoll4034]

I'm from Barcelona, I didn't know a lot of this history and it's so interesting!

[@elenamartinezgonzalez2846]

To add a bit more to this great video, "ramblas" refer to dry riverbeds that temporarily fill with water after heavy rainfalls. In urban settings, these have been transformed into broad promenades. So, it is not a concept unique to Barcelona; other places, such as Alicante, also have ramblas. Loved the concent!

[@oscaralbalate7933]

Amazing video! Very accurate and well explained, coming from a barcelona local :)

[@milyrouge]

Great video! I'm a Barcelona resident (well, a bit up the coast now) and appreciated the effort you put into this. I look forward to watching your other videos!

[@BrightTripTravel]

Awesome, thank you!

[@maiu1922]

I stayed in a hostel in La Vil Olimpica and the name makes total sense now, as does the general layout of the area. It was so easy to walk everywhere, 5 minutes for the beach and there were so many areas to just hang out outside! I cant wait to go back to explore some of the areas I missed on my last trip.

[@Jorditrullenpla]

LLobregat and besos rivers are swapped in the map

[@strongbad635]

Barcelona was where my husband and I went for our honeymoon, and I can't think of a better city to spend a week!

[@elgofre5504]

As a person from Barcelona I love this video! But at 6:40, the map shows the territories of the Crown of Aragon, which were the Principality of Catalonia, and the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and Mallorca. By 1653, Spain was already formed. Many People considers that Spain was formed when the king Ferdinand II of the Crown of Aragon and the queen Isabella I of Castile married in 1469 (Catholics Monarchs). The 2 crowns, had their own laws and worked practically as different states. Basically Spain was a decentralized state. But when the Succession War began, Catalonians decided to support the Habsburgs because of Philip V's ideas of centralization of Spain. When Catalonia was abandoned by its Allies and lost the war, Philip V retired all privileges Catalonia had and they punished them with things like, as you mentioned, construction limitations

[@sergiobasilio8098]

He explains that Aragón and Catunya were two completely separated regions, but to not mention the fact that were part of the same crown is a huge mistake.

[@01RAMONATOR]

​@@sergiobasilio8098it's not a mistake , Catalunya until 1714, was inside the Aragón Crown...but with full self goverment

[@c.n.i7105]

@@01RAMONATOR Is that so? I believed that those sort of Kingdoms had Councils and such, but that they did respond to Aragon's monarch

[@zurikoalablanco1074]

That was just a marriage and a political alliance, but Castile and Aragon where two different crowns with their own institutions. Spain appears later, it's difficult to determine when though. I like to think it officially starts in 1833, whit the readministration of the territories and the creation of provinces, abolishing the different institutions and kingdoms inside

[@01RAMONATOR]

@@c.n.i7105 Catalunya, Valéncia and Mallorca was kingdoms (Principat in Catalunya case), with full independence inside de Aragon, Crown,

[@viviana9882]

Lo disfruté traducido en texto, pero mis ojos no dejaron de maravillarse de tanta historia y belleza de la Ciudad. Amé su Historia, es lo más interesante y nutrido que he podido ver en meses. Gracias 😊

[@zarbajamon3818]

As a Barcelonan I can only say congratulations on an amazing job 👏 I learnt from this video things about my city which i did not expect, subscribed, thank you for this!

[@timothybmonahan]

Thia is fascinating, thoughtful and scholarly presented. I am researching the city for my upcoming visit and this is a fantastic intro to the history and the growth of the city.

[@okgrorkultiv5356]

Great video! It's incredible how much history there's in every detail and every part of the city!

[@Gonnygbs]

Great video! Earned a gold star by acknowledging your mistake at 13:53

[@peewmacion]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing and big shoutout for all the effort you put in to get accurate facts and catalan names :)

[@rawiro]

absolutely insane video, i now love barcelona even more

[@codingneko]

Note that Park Güell is not "in Gracia" It's between the neighbourhoods of Gracia and El Carmel, but I think it'd be more correct to say it's part of El Carmel than Gracia, as it's only the lower part that's technically considered to be in Gracia. Most people you ask, if they know El Carmel, they'll tell you Park Güell is in El Carmel. And in fact, municipal plans that have imposed a mandatory payment to enter the park, give residents of El Carmel free tickets, whilst they don't give residents of Gracia any.

[@troyhackney148]

This is true ;)

[@BGTuyau]

Fascinating video about the development of a fascinating city. Tons of research well-presented. I love the place. Gracias Mil ...

[@alexloopdesign]

I am from Barcelona. And i have to congratulate you. Great explaining. Just one mistake: you confused Besós and Llobregat position as you swap it... the rest perfect!

[@skiress995]

Really nice video had fun watching it and learnt new things about my city. Thank you :)

[@jkearnray]

So happy I watched this before visiting the city this fall! It will make my stay a lot more interesting :)

[@BrightTripTravel]

That was the goal! Thank you!!

[@g0mium]

I learnt more from your video than from all the years i lived in barcelona.

[@bernattrro]

As a catalan, thanks to explain really well the story of the map of our capital :)

[@xavierrodriguezmoreno4870]

Im from Barcelona thank you for this amazing and detalied story of my city, thanks

[@hockysa]

this was a really informative video. been living here a year or so and was wondering about this.

[@eleneeristavi7051]

Great video, thanks, and I must say, it’s the first time I really got interested in the company sponsoring the video and I’m very impressed by what they’ve created❤️✊🏻

[@chico847]

Fantastic breakdown! It's fascinating how some locations maintain the essence of their original purposes, despite their transformations over time. Places like La Rambla often leave a peculiar aftertaste if you linger too long, and Plaça Espanya has a similar vibe. It’s also intriguing to witness Barcelona embracing Ildefons Cerdà’s visionary urban plan. It’s great to see such recognition for a true mastermind in city planning.

[@DanielDos-S.C.]

This is an underrated video. Although it is for travel, the video fulfills the requirements to be a history lesson on Barcelona. Being from Barcelona, I loved this video. I learned about this city' own history which I was oblivious to.

[@marw08]

Well…home to Picasso,…he lived there for some years but was Born and raised in Malaga (Andalucía) and lived most of his adult life in Paris.

[@nuriaraimipiera2039]

Barcelona was a city where he cultivated much of his artistic inspiration. He hanged out with the local artists of the bohemian scene in the famous bar els 4gats. Barcelona was a focal point for the modernist movment and its vanguards, such as cubism, the one Picasso unified. So yes, although Barcelona wasnt his natal city, you could say it was a home to him.

[@nuriaraimipiera2039]

Barcelona was a city where he cultivated much of his artistic inspiration. He hanged out with the local artists of the bohemian scene in the famous bar els 4gats. Barcelona was a focal point for the modernist movment and its vanguards, such as cubism, the one Picasso unified. So yes, Barcelona wasn't his home really, but it was an important part of his artistic career

[@unanec]

He lived in Malaga until 10, and lived 9 years in barcelona with his family. When he left to paris his family stayes in Barcelona and he came back 8 times until the Franco dictatorship whem he exhiled

[@victormanjarinsala2253]

Fantastic video, very well explained and mostly accurate :)) Here's some engagement for the algorithm!!

[@ensapra]

I just learned so much my own city! Moltes gracies!

[@Dankkrg]

Amazing work, you explain it like a true local

[@bjarnemcdonald6333]

Also iconic camerawork from the olympic - A lot of sports were filmed with either art or architecture in the background. Segrada Familia was in all pictures from the diving competition.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Whoa that's amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[@luisortizgervasi3820]

An excellent summary of the urbanistic history of Barcelona. Very accurate, except for the names of the rivers at the beginning of the video 👏👏👏

[@VictorAutonell]

@brighttriptravel you got the two rivers at the start confused -- llobregat is on the left, and Besos, to the right, ;) Great facts!!! Really enjoyed watching this.

[@HistoriaExpress_]

Although I lived in Barcelona for almost 8 years, I did not know about a lot of interesting things about the past. Thanks for the interesting video.

[@danielbarreiro8228]

An excellent and comprehensive overview of the city, few foreigners get so much right. Allow me to add a few details. - As pointed out elsewhere, the labels on the rivers, the Besos and Llobregat are inverted. - Besides the Parallel running, well, parallel to the Equator, the Meridiana runs perfectly north to south, over an Earth's meridian, hence its name. They were meant to converge on the Port Vell, where the historic clock tower is, but by practical reasons, it misses by a few feet. - The very slim city blocks of the Barceloneta are meant to provide everyone with light an air. This, as you well point out, was better achieved by Cerdá's plan with the hollow city blocks in the Eixample. - BTW, the inside of those blocks are not 'mainly' parking space. There were not many cars when the Plan Cerdá was being mended, they could park in the sidewalk all right, no need for dedicated parking space. What they were destined for was for commercial space. The many stores you see in the Eixample stretch well into the center of the block, providing lots of rental income to the landowners. Some of those commercial spaces were converted to parking, but that was a later adaptation, it was not by design. The roof over the back of the commercial spaces becomes the terrace for the high-end apartments above the store. Notice that at the time, lower floors were better priced than higher ones. - You forgot to mention along the main avenues the Passeig de Gracia, which is Barcelona's equivalent to the Parisian Avenue des Champs-Élysées, with many of the same high-end brands on it. It was the connection from the old town to the town of Gracia, hence its name. - Via Laietana was in no one's plans. It was a later addition because both the Eixample and the port grew a lot, and they needed a connection, thus, needs must. The most significant houses in its way were not demolished but dismantled and re-assembled within the Gothic Quarter, in the area between the Cathedral and Sant Jaume.

[@pizzaipinya2442]

Great comment and extra info! But you're a bit wrong on the last point. Via Laietana was part of Cerdà's plan, along with a horizontal street cutting all Ciutat Vella and another vertical one cutting through el Raval (those 2 were never built). But yeah, you're right in that it was left aside and recovered later on (1907-1908) because of what you already pointed out :)

[@tonip3598]

Increíble, un resum increíble. Tota una feinada, company. Gràcies, i felicitats per la bona feina. Amazing work here, pal. Keep the good work. Surely, this will help lots of people who just came to the city looking for paella... There are so many places to see. All the cities have a long history to be told, thank you for condensing such long history of my city, so beautifully, in less than 20 minutes. A million thanks, company.

[@FedericoGonzalezSela]

great work mate ! super detailed and quite accurate

[@ragnarmartinson9189]

Cool video, I'd watch this for an hour just to get more details. Most beautiful and diverse city in Europe.

[@marekzsw2982]

Perfect. Thank You for explanation

[@alanthomas3236]

what a high quality & informative video - thank you!!

[@BrightTripTravel]

Yea, that was the goal!

[@nullset11]

This is a great video, thanks!

[@jvives1615]

Lovely video, and accurate information. Thanks!

[@michaelgourlay1746]

Excellent information. Keep these coming.

[@srsaquet]

Awesome video! As an engineer from Barcelona, I believe you really explained the citt in the besg way possible.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Awesome, thank you!

[@CesarGarciaJara]

Thanks a lot for a great video.

[@fabiansvensson9588]

It’s insane how we have almost no green in Barcelona today. Turned into parkings… it’s such a shame and the worst aspect about Barcelona. Great video :)

[@eloaba57]

Horta-Guinardó is a non gridded neighborhood next to Gracia that u left off and I live there! Besides that 10/10 video u left tiny details that i don’t expect everyone to know so 10/10

[@fatimaalariki7444]

Loved it! Thanks for you work!

[@eboss8715]

Bro q Coi, algú mes de Barcelona mirant aquest vídeo i aprenent més q al putu cole?

[@Pallacus]

Congratulations. You explained it very well.

[@alvarogulsanchico9429]

You've done a remarkable job, a few mistakes, but still very accurate and greatly done. You should be proud:)

[@frozen_peas]

0:51 the rivers are flipped, Llobregat is in the south(left) and Besòs in the north(right)

[@AlexTrull]

TL/DR they're still quite rebellious. Nice shot of table mountain from your balcony :-)

[@blazebv]

where do you get your paper maps. i would like one of my city

[@blaifornsigarcia6830]

As a catalan, i gotta say thay you almost made no mistakes. I love to see you trying to include catalan ❤

[@hughfergusson9544]

Hard flex to have table mountain in the background of the Ad. Cape Town for the win!

[@gova8557]

Man! I'm from Barcelona and you nailed it!!

[@BrightTripTravel]

What a compliment, thank you!

[@ctalcantara1700]

Barcelona is truly a magnificent city.

[@samkelocele19]

The way u explain this city, it amazing New cities around the world should look at barcelona plan. 😊

[@srijanpandey1172]

Could you perhaps try a 'New Delhi's Map, EXPLAINED' video? The octagonal plan of the central city looks interesting and i would love to learn more about its history

[@sendark001]

omg love the way you used the catalan independence "plight" to segway into your sponsor video. Pure Capitalist Realism. Just for that i'm subscribing.

[@yonibenitah6325]

"Bullet shaped skyscraper ..." you handle euphemism well

[@phillipmcgough6282]

i LOVED this. thank you. You did not explain what Eixample meant, but i looked it up lol!

[@01RAMONATOR]

Eixample means extension...or new suburb

[@FOXMAN09]

So much for those courtyards in every building block. Most of the time i just see a fenced off empty concrete area

[@ambervdsteen]

i’d say the old town windy layout is much more beautiful than a grid but to each their own!!

[@shegua]

Some of yall should clean your ears out. He said the city was/is home to those people, he didn’t say they where born there. Shut up about it everyone knows Messi is from Argentina and Picasso was from Málaga.

[@NightFalcon-x9m]

I didn´t realize Messi was from Catalonia. Thanks for the update.

[@cocazade7703]

Super interesting and well done video

[@hectorquinones5579]

Amazing video!

[@mederoraw]

u should do a second part, talking about the superilles

[@oriolandres1085]

Congratulations for the video. It's excellent and pretty accurate. Only there's a real mistake at 0:55 about the two rivers near the city

[@S-a-t-u-r-n]

Great work! But I am kinda surprised that you haven't mentioned about Hippodamus of Miletus, basically whole reason behind "grids"

[@yuberini]

0:54 They are changed, Besos is to the right and Llobregat to the left

[@FernandoRodríguezAranaz]

4:19 is that in canary islands? i would love you to do a video about urbanism there. Great video!

[@fancimaski]

the beSos river being pronounced as Bezos is insane 😭