Carrer Pinar del Río

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Carrer Pinar del Río

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C/ Pinar del Río crosses the Congrés i els Indians neighbourhood. Its most characteristic building is an indiano house known as the “Torre Rosa”.

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This street was named after Pinar del Río, the westernmost province of Cuba, which is noted for the natural beauty of its landscapes and being the centre of the tobacco region. This street housed a bomb shelter during the Spanish Civil War, which is still standing today. The intersection between Carrer Pinar del Río and Carrer Matanzas has a plaque in memory of the local residents who used the shelter during the bombing. Bomb Shelter 977 started construction in the autumn of 1936, following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. It was one of the first 30 shelters built on the initiative of the City Council, thanks to the Passive Bomb Defence Service. The structure of the shelter played a short-term defensive role and was expected to include the facilities for Barcelona’s future sewage system. It is currently closed to the public.

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