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@cassioiks4 ай бұрын
0:56 you got the rivers inverted there.
@jackguerra17164 ай бұрын
yup
@CineSoar4 ай бұрын
@14:18 that would be the Mediterranean sea, not the ocean.
@MichalBrat4 ай бұрын
Thanks, now it makes sense! I was wondering how can I remember seeing Besos Mar if it is so far from the city center :-)
@255662 ай бұрын
Thank god I thought it was weird to have "hospitalet de Llobregat" near a river that wasn't Llobregat 😂
@darquecontraje4776Ай бұрын
Yes
@paquitopix3 ай бұрын
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. 👏👏👏👏👏
@davidfrigolatubert76212 ай бұрын
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?
@nondescriptiveАй бұрын
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 ...
@paquitopixАй бұрын
@@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.23Ай бұрын
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
@rogerfernandezescude34314 ай бұрын
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
@ptt952 ай бұрын
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".
@adrianredodo2 ай бұрын
Say the same. Great video, fellows!
@tonispiritcat417Ай бұрын
Roger, es deixa moltissimes coses i fot unes quantes errrades molt basiques i ignora moltissims fets, no se com et pot agradar.
@as31319852 ай бұрын
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!
@pjordi4 ай бұрын
Fabulous video, very well done and explained! At 0:51 min, the rivers are the other way round. West Llobregat, east Besòs.
@BrightTripTravel4 ай бұрын
Great piece of info, thank you!
@cassioiks4 ай бұрын
@@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.
@NikitaHilko4 ай бұрын
Also noticed that the river names are misplaced. Anyway loved the video too
@DrPepperone4 ай бұрын
@@cassioiks unfortunately, fixing and reposting videos on youtube is a suicide in terms of views and engagement. Blame the game, not the player :(
@jordi67954 ай бұрын
@@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...😅
@carbo734 ай бұрын
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.
@oriolpujolmartinez72684 ай бұрын
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.
@Merovingi3 ай бұрын
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.
@marnusjansevanvuuren24424 ай бұрын
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.
@DrPepperone4 ай бұрын
As a resident of Barcelona, this is the most comprehensive, engaging and concise history of the city I've seen. Thank you!
@pizzaipinya24424 ай бұрын
A part from the minor river swapping error, the video is really good, great job!
@jaumeroca96122 ай бұрын
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!
@elgofre55044 ай бұрын
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
@sergiobasilio80984 ай бұрын
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.
@01RAMONATOR4 ай бұрын
@@sergiobasilio8098it's not a mistake , Catalunya until 1714, was inside the Aragón Crown...but with full self goverment
@c.n.i71054 ай бұрын
@@01RAMONATOR Is that so? I believed that those sort of Kingdoms had Councils and such, but that they did respond to Aragon's monarch
@zurikoalablanco10744 ай бұрын
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
@01RAMONATOR4 ай бұрын
@@c.n.i7105 Catalunya, Valéncia and Mallorca was kingdoms (Principat in Catalunya case), with full independence inside de Aragon, Crown,
@dave-ul9dy4 ай бұрын
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.
@richdecibelsАй бұрын
this is such a cool way to tell the history of the city
@jimsteinberg92914 ай бұрын
Thx for this excellent visual explanation of Barcelona’s growth. Outstanding insights not available in one cohesive, concise narrative anywhere else
@BrightTripTravel4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@guillembetetatorres70254 ай бұрын
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.
@elenamartinezgonzalez28462 ай бұрын
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!
@eddaines2373 ай бұрын
Good effort! A few minor glitches but one of the best concise timelines I’ve seen of this fantastic city.
@OENGERAGENCY4 ай бұрын
Wow. Visited Barcelona last year and now, thanks to this video, a lot of things we noticed finally fall into place. Amazing video!
@sergio15673 ай бұрын
Being from Barcelona, must say this is such a well made video! Thank you!
@BrightTripTravel3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@oscaralbalate79332 ай бұрын
Amazing video! Very accurate and well explained, coming from a barcelona local :)
@joelcoll4034Ай бұрын
I'm from Barcelona, I didn't know a lot of this history and it's so interesting!
@ericmoreno16403 ай бұрын
I am Spanish and Catalan and I learned more about our history in this video than in school.
@BrightTripTravel3 ай бұрын
Amazing! Love that.
@zenozeno86554 ай бұрын
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.
@xavierrodriguezmoreno48702 ай бұрын
Im from Barcelona thank you for this amazing and detalied story of my city, thanks
@alexloopdesign2 ай бұрын
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!
@peewmacionАй бұрын
Excellent video, thank you for sharing and big shoutout for all the effort you put in to get accurate facts and catalan names :)
@strongbad6354 ай бұрын
Barcelona was where my husband and I went for our honeymoon, and I can't think of a better city to spend a week!
@hockysa2 ай бұрын
this was a really informative video. been living here a year or so and was wondering about this.
@ensapra2 ай бұрын
I just learned so much my own city! Moltes gracies!
@milyrouge3 ай бұрын
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!
@BrightTripTravel3 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@elenadelapena91974 ай бұрын
Congrats! as from someone born and bred in Barcelona, I really enjoyed this video
@blaifornsigarcia68304 ай бұрын
As a catalan, i gotta say thay you almost made no mistakes. I love to see you trying to include catalan ❤
@zarbajamon38184 ай бұрын
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!
@Jorditrullenpla4 ай бұрын
LLobregat and besos rivers are swapped in the map
@bernattrro4 ай бұрын
As a catalan, thanks to explain really well the story of the map of our capital :)
@jsalm194Ай бұрын
Great, great video. Thank you very much.
@eleneeristavi70513 ай бұрын
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❤️✊🏻
@nullset11Ай бұрын
This is a great video, thanks!
@fabiansvensson9588Ай бұрын
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 :)
@fancimaski2 ай бұрын
the beSos river being pronounced as Bezos is insane 😭
@bjarnemcdonald63334 ай бұрын
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.
@BrightTripTravel4 ай бұрын
Whoa that's amazing. Thanks for sharing!
@g0mium3 ай бұрын
I learnt more from your video than from all the years i lived in barcelona.
@ctalcantara17004 ай бұрын
Barcelona is truly a magnificent city.
@eloaba57Ай бұрын
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
@timothybmonahan2 ай бұрын
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.
@marw084 ай бұрын
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.
@nuriaraimipiera20392 ай бұрын
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.
@nuriaraimipiera20392 ай бұрын
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
@unanecАй бұрын
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
@rawiro4 ай бұрын
absolutely insane video, i now love barcelona even more
@chico8473 ай бұрын
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.
@skiress995Ай бұрын
Really nice video had fun watching it and learnt new things about my city. Thank you :)
@danielbarreiro82284 ай бұрын
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.
@pizzaipinya24424 ай бұрын
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 :)
@akalaotinanai4 ай бұрын
Great video!! But I LOLed hard when Messi appeared as one of the most important people from Barcelona 😂 you obviously googled "Barcelona famous people" or something and you got him
@Gonnygbs4 ай бұрын
Great video! Earned a gold star by acknowledging your mistake at 13:53
@okgrorkultiv53564 ай бұрын
Great video! It's incredible how much history there's in every detail and every part of the city!
@tonip35983 ай бұрын
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.
@Dankkrg4 ай бұрын
Amazing work, you explain it like a true local
@victormanjarinsala22533 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, very well explained and mostly accurate :)) Here's some engagement for the algorithm!!
@ambervdsteenАй бұрын
i’d say the old town windy layout is much more beautiful than a grid but to each their own!!
@CesarGarciaJara4 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for a great video.
@michaelgourlay17464 ай бұрын
Excellent information. Keep these coming.
@FedericoGonzalezSela3 ай бұрын
great work mate ! super detailed and quite accurate
@luisortizgervasi38202 ай бұрын
An excellent summary of the urbanistic history of Barcelona. Very accurate, except for the names of the rivers at the beginning of the video 👏👏👏
@BGTuyau4 ай бұрын
Fascinating video about the development of a fascinating city. Tons of research well-presented. I love the place. Gracias Mil ...
@jvives16153 ай бұрын
Lovely video, and accurate information. Thanks!
@frozen_peas3 ай бұрын
0:51 the rivers are flipped, Llobregat is in the south(left) and Besòs in the north(right)
@Pallacus3 ай бұрын
Congratulations. You explained it very well.
@HistoriaExpress_4 ай бұрын
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.
@VictorAutonell4 ай бұрын
@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.
@fatimaalariki74442 ай бұрын
Loved it! Thanks for you work!
@alanthomas32363 ай бұрын
what a high quality & informative video - thank you!!
@BrightTripTravel3 ай бұрын
Yea, that was the goal!
@61jojo614 ай бұрын
Bon vídeo, bona feina.
@yonibenitah63254 ай бұрын
"Bullet shaped skyscraper ..." you handle euphemism well
@user-ns3el3yi7z29 күн бұрын
I didn´t realize Messi was from Catalonia. Thanks for the update.
@AlexTrull2 ай бұрын
TL/DR they're still quite rebellious. Nice shot of table mountain from your balcony :-)
@shegua4 ай бұрын
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.
@fernandocortess2 ай бұрын
Amazing video
@yuberini3 ай бұрын
0:54 They are changed, Besos is to the right and Llobregat to the left
@alvarogulsanchico94294 ай бұрын
You've done a remarkable job, a few mistakes, but still very accurate and greatly done. You should be proud:)
@FOXMAN093 ай бұрын
So much for those courtyards in every building block. Most of the time i just see a fenced off empty concrete area
@srsaquet4 ай бұрын
Awesome video! As an engineer from Barcelona, I believe you really explained the citt in the besg way possible.
@BrightTripTravel4 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@emilandersenaudio4 ай бұрын
Bullet shaped skyscraper. Nice way of putting it 😝
@gova85574 ай бұрын
Man! I'm from Barcelona and you nailed it!!
@BrightTripTravel4 ай бұрын
What a compliment, thank you!
@Y0uls3 ай бұрын
The llogbregat and the besos are inverted at the beginning of the video
@sendark0013 ай бұрын
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.
@vuangxuan17664 ай бұрын
0:43 dude is right, if it weren’t bc of Messi I wouldn’t know about Barcelona at all
@cedricklyon2 ай бұрын
super intéressant ! 00:55 : mistake : Rivers are inverted
@hughfergusson95444 ай бұрын
Hard flex to have table mountain in the background of the Ad. Cape Town for the win!
@samkelocele194 ай бұрын
The way u explain this city, it amazing New cities around the world should look at barcelona plan. 😊
@frmcf4 ай бұрын
0:57 This graphic broke my brain for a second: you've labelled the rivers wrong! ;)
@mederorawАй бұрын
u should do a second part, talking about the superilles
@jordicorfont2 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: Eixample means to widen in catalan. So Barri de l'Eixample is the widening quarter
@phillipmcgough62824 ай бұрын
i LOVED this. thank you. You did not explain what Eixample meant, but i looked it up lol!
@01RAMONATOR4 ай бұрын
Eixample means extension...or new suburb
@peterking80852 ай бұрын
"It's the only avenue that runs parallel to the equator" it's also the only 90 degree angle in the entire country
@eboss87153 ай бұрын
Bro q Coi, algú mes de Barcelona mirant aquest vídeo i aprenent més q al putu cole?
@ferranportaa3 ай бұрын
There are a couple minor mistakes which do not cast a shadow on the accuracy of your presentation. You did a very good and interesting job. 👍
@santimaspons3 ай бұрын
The names of the rivers are swapped. To the south is 'El Llobregat' and to the north is 'El Besós'.
@srijanpandey11724 ай бұрын
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