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According to Barcelona's City Council, the city's population as of 1 January 2016 was 1,608,746 people, [86] on a land area of 101.4 km 2 (39 sq mi). It is the main component of an administrative area of Greater Barcelona , with a population of 3,218,071 in an area of 636 km 2 (246 sq mi) (density 5,060 inhabitants/km 2 ).
In 1871, the city council decided to fill in the ditch in front of the gate, which affected the appearance of the building. Between 1893 and 1914, its restoration, directed by the sculptor José Aixá, was carried out by The Royal Academy of San Carlos ( Real Academia de San Carlos ).
Torre de Collserola (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtorə ðə kuʎsəˈɾɔlə]) is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster and by the Spanish civil engineers Julio Martínez Calzón and Manuel Julià Vilardell.
At 22:10 CEST, the Mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall and the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch made their speeches in the four official languages. At 22:21 CEST, King Juan Carlos I declared the Games open, reciting the opening declaration with the following words: " Benvinguts tots a Barcelona.
1860 map. Ciutat Vella (Catalan pronunciation: [siwˈtad ˈbeʎə], meaning in English "Old City") is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1.The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Barcelona's suburbs, such as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Bellvitge, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Adrià de Besòs, and Badalona, also saw a dramatic population increase over a single decade. [149] The city now had an extremely dense population (1,557,863 inhabitants, 15,517 per km 2, in 1970), often housed in very poor quality accommodations ...
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Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Barcelona. 1986 – Barcelona Metròpolis magazine begins publication and the city was chosen to host the 1992 Summer Olympics. 1987 19 June: Hipercor bombing. Parc de la Creueta del Coll established. [citation needed] and the city sign an agreement to host the 1992 Summer Paralympics