#via laietana

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Via Laietana, Catedral i Santa Caterina

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Una esquadra imperial i l'obertura de la Via Laietana

Poc després de l’alba del dia 9 de març de 1908, el guaita marítim del castell de Montjuïc va entreveure a la llunyania tres grans vaixells de guerra, moments després els va poder identificar com els cuirassats austríacs SMS Erzherzog Ferdinan Max, SMS Erzherzog Fiedrich i SMS Erzherzog Karl, navegant en direcció a la costa a demanda de port. A dos quarts de nou del matí el cuirassat i vaixell…

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A very interesting editorial by the journalist, political analyst and activist Vicent Partal. I've translated it to English for more people to understand:

The psychological impact of historical violence against Catalans

The time has come to consider the reparation of the historical violence committed by Spain against the Catalans. Because it's a mark that we carry every day and that defines our society and the behaviour of our oppressors.

I started Sant Jordi celebrations on Saturday going to Via Laietana [Spanish military police headquarters in Barcelona -capital city of Catalonia- famous for being the place where the police have tortured many people in brutal ways] to listen to some of the witnesses of the book Tortured. Via Laietana 43. Twenty-two women witnesses of terror (1941-2019) by Gemma Pasqual. They explained, with an exemplary bravery and dignity, how they had suffered in that horror house -under the dictatorship and the democracy. Since 1940 until nowadays. The attendees cut the street, we were carrying banners condemning torture and the torturers as we listened for half an hour to those women's narrations about what they had been through right there, behind those doors, one by one.

It was precisely in one of the most intimate and chilling moments when a man who was walking behind us, precisely through the door of Via Laietana 43 [the police headquarters], dared to shout insults to the protesters, and continued walking in front of the policemen stationed there. It's evident that he did not feel any respect nor interest for those women's experiences, and I assume that he didn't care about everything they went through, all the opposite. But behind his action there was the security and the arrogance of knowing that he would face no consequence. All the opposite: that, if someone tried to get back to him, he had the police there to protect him.

This verification reminded me of a book I read recently with a lot of interest: Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents, by the journalist Isabel Wilkerson. The book has had a great impact in the United States of America but also in countries like India, because Wilkerson explains how and why racism works not only in the USA, but also in more places -in the case of India, it talks about the dalit caste. And in what it explains there's a few lessons -because after all, she's talking about oppression and resistance- that are perfectly applicable to the Catalan case.

I'll start with this very Spanish man who insulted us on Saturday. How can there be someone so insensitive?, many of us asked ourselves after seeing his attitude. And Wilkerson's answer is clarifying: "The only way of keeping a group of intelligent people artificially oppressed, below others and below their own talent, is with violence and terror, psychological and physical, applied with the intention of stopping them from resisting it, even before they can imagine that they could resist to it." And she explains that this terror, that this violence, is not spontaneous at all, but is fabricated by the oppressors throughout history and they pass it down from generation to generation. She says: "Dehumanizing another human being is not only declaring that he's not human, and it doesn't happen by chance one day. In order to dehumanize a human collective, a very long process, a methodic programmation, is needed. It needs a lot of energy and effort, it needs resources, to accomplish such an antinatural thing as denying that another member of your species is your equal and, thus, denying that he has the same rights."

And with a quote by the sociologist Guy B. Johnson she explains that accumulated historical violence is the key to this oppression process: "To understand the conflict, you must understand that during the years of slavery white people got used to the idea that they could 'regulate' black people's insolence and insubordination through force, without consent and with the support of the law and the state apparatus." Exactly the same as here. And it's as simple as this: for the last 300 years, but very specially during the years of the Francoist dictatorship [1939-1978], Spanish people -particularly Spanish people who live in Catalonia- have gotten used to the fact that Catalan people's "insolence and insubordination" can be regulated through the use of violence and with the explicit support of a law that always is and always will be discriminatory against Catalans and favourable to them, Spaniards.

The security given by decades where this always happens like this, systematically, explains the arrogance and shamelessness with which a passerby is able to walk in front of a group of women explaining that they were tortured right there, in the building in front of them, and, even seeing they're accompanied by hundreds of people, he allows himself to confront them all, him alone, with an insulting shout. Simply, he's psychologically convinced that those insolents and insubordinates will be put in their place by the state's violence, as, in fact -and this is the maximum gravity of what happened in 2017-, the Spanish state did on October 1st [the Catalonia independence referendum, when the Spanish government sent the military police to beat up voters, kidnap votes, and close the voting places to avoid the referendum from taking place] and after the declaration of independence. If today we have the Spanish nationalists encouraged -and autonomists scared- it's because the Pavlov works. We have been beaten again.

In Isabel Wilkerson's book, a calculation catches the reader's attention. She asks in what year will the citizens of the USA have spent as much time having slaves than not having them. And the answer is 2111. In 2111, for the first time, African Americans will have spent as long in freedom -at least theoretically- than the amount of time they spent -and which weights on everyone's consciences, black or white- being slaves. In 2111 maybe African Americans will no longer feel the historical weight that they feel now and maybe -we'll see about that- white people will have gotten used to the fact that they're equal humans, with the same rights. By highlighting this number, Wilkerson explains to what point the past's weight is expressed nowadays and the importance of taking it into account. The way in which it's particularly important among oppressors, who continue thinking that they can do whatever they want with us -and that they have the right to it- and they are not afraid at all, because experience has proven that if someone gets hit, if someone gets arrested, if someone gets jailed, if someone gets exiled, if someone gets tortured, it will be us and not them.

The book has made me reflect and has impressed me a lot because of how it approaches such a deep psychological component of the relation between oppression and freedom. (...)

I'll continue with the example of Via Laietana. The torture witnesses in Gemma Pasqual's book range from 1940, when the Francoist troops had just entered Barcelona, to 2019, during the protests against the Supreme Court's sentence [jail sentence for Catalan civil society leaders, NGO members and democratically-elected politicians for insubordination to the Spanish government because of their involvement in Catalonia's independence movement]. That's 79 years. Assuming that from now on they won't torture again, until the year 2102 Catalans, and particularly those from Barcelona, will have lived as long without being threatened with torture and violence in the Via Laietana headquarters as they have lived used to -and scared of- this torture and violence. And do you think this doesn't matter? That it doesn't leave a mark? That it doesn't condition our behaviour and, above everything else, our oppressors' behaviour?

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hi! I'm visiting Spain in a couple days, flying into Barcelona! I'll there a few days -- anything important/cool you recommend seeing? I'm real interested in learning more about the civil war/marxist/anarchist history and the catalonian independence movement. I'm going to museums etc but I wanted to ask if you had thoughts :)

Hi! I hope you enjoy your stay in Catalonia and all your trip ^^

Okay, more or less in historical order:

I recommend visiting the el Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria (you can find it shortened to el Born CCM) which is an archaeological site from a part of the city that was forcefully destroyed after the Spanish invasion in 1717, you can see it from above for free or you can get a guided tour (they're very cheap) to go down to the site, which I recommend.

Born CCM is very close to el Fossar de les Moreres (right next to Santa Maria del Mar), which is the most symbolic place for Catalan independentists. It might not seem like an impressive place just for what it looks like, but it's a place that's near the heart for many of us. It's just a small square with a monument, but it's the location of one of the main cemeteries during the Siege of Barcelona, where many of the inhabitants who died fighting against the Bourbonic army were buried. It's where Catalanist demonstrations have been celebrated since the late 1800s and people still go pay homage nowadays.

For the time period right after the War of the Spanish Succession and until the Franco dictatorship, I recommend the Castell de Montjuïc (Montjuïc castle). It's a military fortress on top of a mountain overlooking the city, where Barcelona was bombed from many times. Inside the fortress, there's a small exhibition you can visit where they explain the history of working class revolts in the city in the 19th century and their repression, which I think is very interesting. What the Montjuïc Castle is most famous for is for being a jail after the civil war and during the dictatorship, and a place where many dissidents were killed, including Lluís Companys (president of Catalonia and founder of the antifascist committee during the Civil War). The Fossar de la Pedrera right next to it is a common mass grave where more than 4,000 antifascist prisoners who were kept in the fortress were buried. If you go to the castle, I recommend getting a bus there (or a cable-car, if you're up to spending more money). You can catch the bus at Plaça Espanya.

For more of the Civil War, you can visit one of the air raid shelters (Refugi 307) but I think you can only visit it in guided tours, though I'm not completely sure, but I know on Sundays the tours are free.

If you read popular places to visit, you'll see visitors also like going to the anti-air defence on the Turó de la Rovira in the Carmel neighborhood (mistakenly called the "Carmel bunkers"). It's where the anti-aircraft batteries to block fascist attacks were located during the Civil War, but most tourists go there because it has great views of the city (from the opposite side of what you'll see from Montjuïc). Honestly I'd say if you have few days in the city, you can skip this one. Between this and Montjuïc castle, I'd sooner recommend Montjuïc Castle because of its history and because you can see the fortress there, while the anti-aircraft batteries visible are less impressive.

You can see the remains of the bombs on some walls of the city, too. I think where you can see it the best in plaça Sant Felip Neri (next to the Cathedral). It was where refugee children from Franco-occupied areas were staying and it was hit by one of the (many) bombs that were dropped by the fascists during the war.

Also right next to the Cathedral (facing the Cathedral, it's the building on the left in the corner with Via Laietana avenue), you can take a look at the building that used to be the CNT's headquarter during the civil war. If you've seen pictures from back then, sometimes they're taken in front of there. Sadly you can only see it from outside because nowadays it's the headquarters of the employer's association 😵‍💫

Another civil war location that you'll surely walk by sooner or later is Plaça Catalunya square, it's where there's the Telefonica building that was collectivised by the CNT and which sparked the May Events of 1937. (My great-grandfather was in the CNT and was working there in the Telefonica building so I confirm from what he explained that it's true that the anarchists used to barge in the government's private conversations to make fun of them, one of the reasons that sparked the May Events, it's not a rumour he said he did it too lol). Also in Plaça Catalunya there used to be Hotel Colón where the famous Marina Ginestà photo was taken.

For museums, the Museu d'Història de Catalunya (Catalonia's History Museum) gives a general view from prehistory to the modern-day. It used to be a very fun museum because it had more interactive things but sadly they're very underfunded and haven't been able to replace them when some of them were damaged, so now there's less interactive things. Still, it's a good place to get an idea of all the history, at least to take a walk though it. The top floor is the one that has the civil war and the dictatorship. Otherwise, the MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) is an art museum from the Middle Ages to the 1940s I think so it's also a nice way to walk through history in a more aesthetic way.

And unrelated to the war, if you're visiting the Sagrada Família remember to book the tickets online in advance. They're a bit expensive but it's because the Sagrada Família is an expiatory temple so it can only be built with the money from donations (and tickets count as a donation), not public funding or anything, so at least you know the money is being well spent. Personally I think the inside is very beautiful but the outside is a bit ugly lol, so I recommend going inside.

Besides that, mostly I'd recommend walking in the old city centre (Gothic quarter), starting near Santa Maria del Pi and the Cathedral, down Carrer del Bisbe to Plaça Sant Jaume, oh also Temple d'August is there which is a part of the Roman forum inside a building, and Plaça del Rei, and walk all the way to Santa Maria del Mar in the Born area, and then you can end at the Ciutadella Park.

Also, I'll link you to a post by @useless-catalanfacts from a while ago about places to visit in Barcelona:

I'll answer this publicly because I have some followers who are also from here so maybe they have something else to add!

I hope you have a great time in your trip! ☺️

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CATALANS DENOUNCE A TORTURE POLICE STATION

R. Breeze (Reading time: 3 mins.) A number of uniformed police officers watch the people in the road outside their police station on Via Laietana in Barcelona, the Catalan capital, many in the crowd holding placards protesting torture and impunity and a number carrying a banner. The MC, a slim elderly woman, approaches the microphone […]CATALANS DENOUNCE A TORTURE POLICE STATION

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¿Cuál es la dirección del foro de Correos en Barcelona?

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¿Cuál es la dirección del foro de Correos en Barcelona?

Ubicación del foro de Correos en Barcelona

El foro de Correos en Barcelona se encuentra en una ubicación privilegiada en el corazón de la ciudad. Este emblemático edificio se sitúa en la Via Laietana, una de las principales avenidas de Barcelona que conecta el barrio Gótico con el barrio de Sant Pere.

Construido en el siglo XIX, el foro de Correos es una joya arquitectónica de estilo neoclásico que destaca por su imponente fachada y sus detalles ornamentales. Actualmente, el edificio alberga la sede central de Correos en la ciudad condal, así como diversos servicios postales y oficinas administrativas.

Su ubicación estratégica lo convierte en un punto de referencia para los ciudadanos y visitantes que necesitan realizar trámites postales o enviar correspondencia. Además, su proximidad a importantes puntos de interés turístico como la Catedral de Barcelona y el barrio del Born lo convierten en un lugar de paso obligado para quienes exploran la ciudad.

El foro de Correos en Barcelona es mucho más que un edificio funcional, es un símbolo de la historia postal de la ciudad y un lugar de encuentro para los amantes de la arquitectura. Su ubicación céntrica y su belleza arquitectónica lo convierten en un lugar único que merece la pena visitar y admirar.

Dirección exacta del foro de Correos en Barcelona

El foro de Correos en Barcelona es un lugar de gran importancia para aquellos que buscan información exacta y detallada sobre envíos postales y servicios de correos en la ciudad. Ubicado en una dirección precisa y de fácil acceso, este foro se ha convertido en un punto de referencia para resolver dudas y realizar trámites postales en Barcelona.

Con su ubicación exacta en el corazón de la ciudad, en la Calle de Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas, el foro de Correos en Barcelona ofrece a los visitantes la posibilidad de acceder a una amplia gama de servicios postales de forma rápida y eficiente. Ya sea para enviar paquetes, recibir correspondencia o realizar consultas sobre tarifas y plazos de entrega, este foro es el lugar ideal para satisfacer las necesidades postales de los ciudadanos y empresas de la zona.

Además de sus servicios tradicionales, el foro de Correos en Barcelona también brinda la oportunidad de participar en charlas informativas, talleres y eventos relacionados con el mundo de la mensajería y la paquetería. De esta manera, se fomenta la educación y el intercambio de conocimientos entre la comunidad postal y se fortalece la relación entre Correos y sus clientes.

En resumen, la dirección exacta del foro de Correos en Barcelona es un dato fundamental para quienes buscan una atención personalizada y de calidad en materia postal en la ciudad condal. Con su amplia gama de servicios y su ubicación estratégica, este foro se consolida como un punto de encuentro imprescindible para los amantes de la correspondencia y los envíos postales en Barcelona. ¡No dudes en visitarlo y descubrir todo lo que tiene para ofrecerte!

Localización del foro de Correos en Barcelona

El Foro de Correos en Barcelona es una ubicación emblemática para los habitantes y visitantes de la ciudad condal. Situado en el corazón de Barcelona, en la Plaza Antonio López, este foro es un punto de encuentro para la comunidad local y un centro de intercambio cultural y social.

Con una ubicación estratégica en el centro de la ciudad, el Foro de Correos es fácilmente accesible tanto en transporte público como en coche particular. Se encuentra cerca de varias estaciones de metro y paradas de autobús, lo que facilita su acceso a los residentes de Barcelona y a aquellos que visitan la ciudad.

Además de su conveniente ubicación, el Foro de Correos en Barcelona ofrece una amplia variedad de eventos y actividades para el disfrute de todos. Desde exposiciones de arte y conciertos, hasta conferencias y ferias, este foro es un lugar dinámico y vibrante que refleja la diversidad y creatividad de la ciudad.

Ya sea que estés interesado en participar en alguno de los eventos programados o simplemente desees disfrutar de la arquitectura y ambiente del lugar, el Foro de Correos en Barcelona es sin duda un sitio que no te puedes perder. Visítalo y sumérgete en la cultura y la vida social de una de las ciudades más vibrantes de Europa. ¡Te esperamos en el Foro de Correos en Barcelona!

Dónde está situado el foro de Correos en Barcelona

El Foro de Correos en Barcelona, también conocido como Centro Cultural y de Exposiciones de la Ciudadela, se encuentra en pleno corazón de la ciudad condal. Ubicado en la calle Sant Pere Més Alt, este imponente edificio de estilo neoclásico es uno de los espacios culturales más relevantes de Barcelona.

Construido a finales del siglo XIX, el Foro de Correos destaca por su majestuosa fachada y su emblemática cúpula. Este espacio ha sido rehabilitado y reacondicionado para albergar exposiciones, eventos culturales, conciertos y conferencias, convirtiéndose en un importante centro de difusión cultural en la ciudad.

Además de su impresionante arquitectura, el Foro de Correos goza de una ubicación privilegiada, ya que se encuentra a pocos pasos de lugares emblemáticos como el Parc de la Ciutadella, el Arco de Triunfo y el barrio del Born. Su céntrica localización lo convierte en un lugar de fácil acceso tanto para los residentes locales como para los turistas que visitan la ciudad.

En resumen, el Foro de Correos en Barcelona es un espacio único que combina historia, arte y cultura en un mismo lugar. Si te encuentras en la ciudad condal, no puedes dejar pasar la oportunidad de visitar este emblemático edificio y disfrutar de las exposiciones y eventos que alberga. Un verdadero tesoro cultural en pleno centro de Barcelona.

Cómo llegar al foro de Correos en Barcelona

Para llegar al Foro de Correos en Barcelona, puedes optar por varias opciones de transporte público que te llevarán directamente al lugar. Una de las alternativas más prácticas es utilizar el metro de la ciudad. La estación más cercana al Foro de Correos es la estación de Correos, perteneciente a la línea 4 (L4) del metro de Barcelona. Desde esta estación, puedes caminar unos pocos minutos hasta llegar a tu destino.

Otra opción es utilizar el autobús urbano. Varias líneas de autobús tienen paradas cercanas al Foro de Correos, como las líneas 20, 45, 120 y H16, entre otras. Puedes consultar los horarios y rutas de estas líneas para elegir la más conveniente según tu ubicación.

Si prefieres desplazarte en tren, puedes tomar la línea R1 de Rodalies de Catalunya y bajarte en la estación de Barcelona-Plaça de Catalunya. Desde allí, puedes caminar hasta el Foro de Correos en unos 15-20 minutos.

También puedes optar por utilizar servicios de transporte como taxis o aplicaciones de transporte privado, que te dejarán en la puerta del Foro de Correos de manera cómoda y rápida.

En resumen, llegar al Foro de Correos en Barcelona es sencillo y accesible gracias a las diversas opciones de transporte público disponibles en la ciudad. ¡Disfruta de tu visita al Foro de Correos!

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CORREOS-BARCELONA-PINTURA-ART-EDIFICIO-NUBES-TAXIS-CORREUS-VIA LAIETANA-PAISAJES-PAU CLARIS-NOUCENTISME-ARTISTA-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS por Ernest Descals Por Flickr: CORREOS-BARCELONA-PINTURA-ART-EDIFICIO-NUBES-TAXIS-CORREUS-VIA LAIETANA-PAISAJES-PAU CLARIS-NOUCENTISME-ARTISTA-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS Dias nubosos en la ciudad de Barcelona, el edificio de Correos, la oficina central, en Via Laietana, Pau Claris, en la esquina con la Plaça d'Antoni López se mezcla con los árboles de tonos otoñales mientras unos taxis circulan por el Passeig de Colom,una escena en la que predominan los aspectos de la arquitectura del Noucentisme junto a los efectos del tiempo, el cielo cobra gran protagonismo totalmente cubierto de nubes que logran igualar los colores urbanos. Pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros, pintando los lugares, los edificios y los paisajes de la capital de Catalunya.

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08.30, coffeerun

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Via Laietana (Sep 11th 2021)

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Francesc (Francisco) Cambó y Batlle​​ fue un destacado abogado y político español, catalanista y ideología conservadora; fue cofundador y líder de la Liga Regionalista, y quien fue elegido diputado en Cortes en varias ocasiones. En Barcelona, en la vía Laietana, justo a la salida de la estación del metro Urquinaona, línea 4, amarilla, y muy cerca al edificio que fue su casa y sede de sus empresas, está una escultura que recuerda a este servidor catalán, en una esquina de mucho trafico y con algunos emblemáticos edificios de la ciudad. No obstante, esta obra del escultor madrileño Victor Ochoa Sierra, despierta controversia dado que de Cambó, importante hombre español, se esperaba una férrea oposición a la dictadura de Primo de Rivera, y por el contrario optó por una postura laxa y condescendiente. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ... Francesc (Francisco) Cambó y Batlle​​ was a prominent Spanish lawyer and politician, Catalanist and conservative ideology; he was co-founder and leader of the Regionalist League, and who was elected deputy in Cortes on several occasions. In Barcelona, ​​on Via Laietana, just at the exit of the Urquinaona metro station, line 4, yellow, and very close to the building that was his home and headquarters of his companies, there's a sculpture that recalls this Catalan servant, on a busy corner with some emblematic buildings of the city. However, this work by the Madrid-born sculptor Victor Ochoa Sierra arouses controversy given that Cambó, an important Spanish man, was expected to be fiercely opposed to the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, and instead opted for a lax and condescending stance. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ... #arte #art #arts #cultura #culture #escultura #sculpture #FrancescCambó #FranciscoCambó #VictorOchoa #vialaietana #bcn #ciudadcondal #igbarcelona #igersbarcelona #instabarcelona #barcelona #catalunya #cataluña #españa #spain (en Barcelona, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZKSurMokJn/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This drawing is titled La Barcelona futura (“The Future Barcelona”) and was made in 1929 imagining how the future would look like in the Via Laietana (one of the busiest streets in Barcelona, which had been built in the early 1900s destroying part of the tiny medieval alleys in order to give the city a much needed road near the centre).

Image source: Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya.

If you know Barcelona, you can recognise the real place this view is seen from, as well as some of the characteristic buildings of the city that would remain in place like the Cathedral (the medieval bell tower and the neo-Gothic façade stick out on the upper right side) and the higher part of the Caixa de Pensions building on the below-left corner.

(On the left, the Caixa de Pensions situated at the top of Via Laietana. On the right, a view of the Cathedral from Via Laietana)

Needless to say, this is not how the future turned out to be. This is what Via Laietana looks like nowadays, probably not so different from what it looked like in the 1920s except with more modern cars:

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The lost images of anarchist Barcelona

Re-discovered after 80 years, the photographic legacy of the CNT which brings the libertarian revolution in Barcelona back to life, is now exhibited for the first time.

“The exposition tries to dismantle the image of anarchism constructed by the bourgeoisie over the years,” says Andrés Antebi, one of the commissioners of the exposition. “The propaganda office of the CNT focused on dismantling the stigma of anarchism being roaming bandits and irrational violence.”

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Via Laietana, Barcelona

By Laura Climent

Source: Pinterest

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Christmas @ Via Laietana Barcelona, Spain