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El Camp de la Creu

Download date: 10/04/2024

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The low houses on the streets in this area maintain their 19th century charm. The passage of time has brought some changes but they retain their essential character.

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This is named after the old mediaeval cross located in this area, Creu de la Magòria, located between the old Riera de la Magòria and the central point, became Plaça del Carme, from where this neighbourhood was designed and created; hence, its two main streets start here. It is from this square containing a fountain that the neighbourhood’s two main streets join. Originally called ‘Plaça de la Llibertat’, after Queen Isabel II was deposed, it had to be renamed once the monarchy was restored. The streets across it were called Jordà and Morales, the surnames of the family from Berga who owned the lands. Carrer de Jordà was renamed when the village of les Corts was annexed to Barcelona, taking the name of Morales in honour of the mayor of the time. The surrounding architecture is based on the typical one-storey-house structure intended for the workers who moved to Barcelona from all over Catalonia to work in the many factories that were continuously being set up in the district between the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. The district took on its current appearance following the closure of those factories, although Camp de la Creu has managed to preserve a few evident traces.

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Location and contact

El Camp de la Creu

Address:
Pl Carme, 1
Districte:
Les Corts
Neighborhood:
les Corts
City:
Barcelona
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L´espai rep el nom de l´antiga Creu de la Magòria, creu de terme medieval situada a l´antiga Riera de la Magòria. El seu punt central és la plaça del Carme, des d´on es va crear el barri.

A partir d´aquesta plaça neixen els seus dos carrers principals: el carrer de Montnegre -en horitzontal- i el carrer de Morales, en vertical, que antigament rebia el nom de Jordà en honor a la família de Berga propietària dels terrenys. Va haver de canviar de nom amb l´annexió de les Corts a Barcelona, i va adoptar el de Morales en honor a l´alcalde de l´època.

Va ser justament la família Jordà Montnegre qui va dissenyar aquest entorn, que van construir en el format de casa de planta baixa i planta per acollir les innombrables famílies d´arreu de Catalunya que a finals del S XIX i a començaments del S XX van venir a treballar a les diverses indústries que es van instal·lar en aquesta zona. Més tard, juntament amb Manuel Castells, es van urbanitzar els carrers adjacents, creant la que es coneix com a colònia Castells.

La font que trobem a la plaça del Carme és la que va donar lloc al barri. Aquesta plaça rebia antigament el nom de plaça de la Llibertat en honor als fets històrics que es van donar amb la caiguda d´Isabel II i la pujada de la I República. En tornar la monarquia, el seu nom també va ser canviat per l´actual.

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