Eixample
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The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns, constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 at the last census
Aerial view of the Eixample
District hall
Original Eixample concept from 1859
Part of the Eixample and the Sagrada Família, viewed from Montjuïc, June 2006
Illa de la Discòrdia
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The Illa de la Discòrdia or Mansana de la Discòrdia — "Block of Discord"; Spanish: Manzana de la Discordia — is a city block on Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spai
Illa de la Discòrdia
35-43 Passeig de Gràcia pictured in 1902 ...
... and in 1910, after the remodelling of the Casa Lleó Morera and the Casa Batlló
Illa de la Discòrdia