Plaça dels Indians

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Plaça dels Indians

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This little square, surrounded by trees, which links C/ Garcilaso and C/ Felip II, recalls the indianos, Catalans who made their fortune in the Americas.

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This small triangular square pays homage to the men and women who emigrated to America in the 18th and 19th centuries to make their fortune. Wealthy merchants who returned to their homeland wielded enormous influence on the society of their time. They left their mark on the whole of Barcelona. Mansions, factories, mausoleums and generally all the architecture sponsored by the emigrants drove the presence of the historicist and eclectic styles that had a certain influence on Catalan Modernism. This typical style left many traces in the Els Indians neighbourhood. Such is the case with the three old towers, no longer standing, all linked to Francesc Panxo Subirats from Reus: Can Frau, Can Trius and “Villa Carmen”, all raised by partners of Subirats and their relatives.

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