Description: Barcelona, SPAIN - Avenida del Generalissimo Franco - REAL PHOTO: Avinguda Diagonal is the name of one of Barcelona's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally with respect to the grid pattern of the surrounding streets, hence the name. It was originally projected by engineer and urban planner Ildefons Cerdà as one of the city's wide avenues, which along with Avinguda Meridiana would cut the rationalist grid he designed for l'Eixample (Catalan for extension). Both would meet at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which Cerdà envisioned as the new city centre. However, Plaça Catalunya, equally a new addition to the city of Barcelona, and connecting Ciutat Vella and Eixample, and therefore occupying a more privileged position in the urban area, would finally become the centre. Avinguda Diagonal remains to this day a much-transited avenue and many companies and hotels use it as a privileged location, as can be seen in its architecture. The different regimes that held power in Catalonia and Spain during the 20th century sought to change the city's street names, and Avinguda Diagonal was permitted no exception. It has been known under the following names: -Gran Via Diagonal – original name which Ildefons Cerdà and Víctor Balaguer intended to call the avenue. -Avinguda d'Argüelles – 1891. Named after Agustín Argüelles (1776–1844). -Avinguda de la Nacionalitat Catalana – 1922. Mancomunitat de Catalunya, (in English, Commonwealth of Catalonia). -Avenida de Alfonso XIII −1924. During Miguel Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, named after King Alfonso XIII. -Avinguda del Catorze d'Abril – 1931. Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939). -Gran Vía Diagonal – 1939, provisional name imposed the day after the Fascist capture of Barcelona as an attempt to eliminate references to the Republic. -Avenida del Generalissimo Francisco Franco – 1939. During the authoritarian regime of Francisco Franco. -Avinguda Diagonal – Its current name, adopted following the restoration of democracy in 1979. However, despite the various names it should be noted that the name "Diagonal" has always prevailed in popular usage. This Real Photo postcard is in good condition.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Spain
Theme: International Cities & Towns
Street: Avenida del Generalissimo Franco
Franco: Dictator
Current Name: Avinguda Diagonal
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Features: Street View
City/Region: Barcelona
Postage Condition: Unposted
Era: White Border (c. 1915-1930)
Region: Iberian Peninsula
