An enclosed valley
Vallcarca is the contraction of the toponym Vall Càrcara, which means “enclosed (encarcarat), valley”, where the waters of the stream Merdançà flowed into. The neighbourhood of Vallcarca lays hidden between two hills, the Turó del Putget and the Turó del Coll and it stretches along the flow of the watercourse from which it receives its name.
First it was the place where the Barcelona manual workers spent their summer holidays, with lots of small houses and scattered towers which were an authentic paradise sheltered by the two hills and far away from the bustling city centre. But the interests of this new well-to-do class did not coincide with the valley’s people: the former wanted peace and quiet, while the latter wanted to improve the infrastructures and communications. A viaduct that bordered the valley was finally built, the bridge of Vallcarca, the watercourse was developed. Following the river bed, the Vallcarca Avenue was laid out (before the military hospital), making the neighbourhood no longer isolated.
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 Bar EL RINCÓNavinguda de la República Argentina, 162 Phone 934 171 150 Tiny bar located in an ideal corner (rincón) that offers excellent views of the bridge and the valley of Vallcarca. |
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TURÓ DEL PUTGET PARK
CASA COMAS D’ARGEMIR
VALLCARCA VIADUCT
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