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0:56 you got the rivers inverted there.

I'm from Barcelona. And, as many other comments, I must say your video is very, very accurate. Great video! Yes, there are minor (very minor) mistakes, but, mate, the work you've done is great! Thanks. And also, thanks for trying to keep the real catalan names of everything. Again, congratulations

Fabulous video, very well done and explained! At 0:51 min, the rivers are the other way round. West Llobregat, east Besòs.

I know for a fact that you did an amazing research for this video. Accurate information and great maps you have to dig in archives to find in goog quality. As a catalan and barcelonian, thank you. By the way, you live in my dream house with those views to Montserrat, a sacred and magic mountain for many catalans.

you got the rivers wrong at 0:55. They are one each other's place. But apart from that, as a Catalan I find most of your historic and urban elements very well explained.

As a resident of Barcelona, this is the most comprehensive, engaging and concise history of the city I've seen. Thank you!

Barcelona was where my husband and I went for our honeymoon, and I can't think of a better city to spend a week!

I've watched so many videos about Barcelona's history (I visited a year ago and fell completely in love with the city), but I've never heard them narrated by a South African accent. Very comforting.

As a person from Barcelona I love this video! But at 6:40, the map shows the territories of the Crown of Aragon, which were the Principality of Catalonia, and the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and Mallorca. By 1653, Spain was already formed. Many People considers that Spain was formed when the king Ferdinand II of the Crown of Aragon and the queen Isabella I of Castile married in 1469 (Catholics Monarchs). The 2 crowns, had their own laws and worked practically as different states. Basically Spain was a decentralized state. But when the Succession War began, Catalonians decided to support the Habsburgs because of Philip V's ideas of centralization of Spain. When Catalonia was abandoned by its Allies and lost the war, Philip V retired all privileges Catalonia had and they punished them with things like, as you mentioned, construction limitations

A part from the minor river swapping error, the video is really good, great job!

Great video! One critical change for the city that the Olympics brought was the construction of "Rondas", Ronda de Dalt and Ronda Litoral. 2 "urban highways" at the edges of the city (Dalt on the mountain neighborhoods, Litoral at the sea) limited to 80km/h which massively improved mobility.

Well…home to Picasso,…he lived there for some years but was Born and raised in Malaga (Andalucía) and lived most of his adult life in Paris.

Impressive, thanks for treating us with such respect!

As a catalan, thanks to explain really well the story of the map of our capital :)

Also iconic camerawork from the olympic - A lot of sports were filmed with either art or architecture in the background. Segrada Familia was in all pictures from the diving competition.

Fantastic! That's what I call a good informative video. Pointing on a map different locations and then immediately supporting your explanations with real image (pictures) of those locations can make anyone understand what you're talking about.

Great video! I'm a Barcelona resident (well, a bit up the coast now) and appreciated the effort you put into this. I look forward to watching your other videos!

Fantastic breakdown! It's fascinating how some locations maintain the essence of their original purposes, despite their transformations over time. Places like La Rambla often leave a peculiar aftertaste if you linger too long, and Plaça Espanya has a similar vibe. It’s also intriguing to witness Barcelona embracing Ildefons Cerdà’s visionary urban plan. It’s great to see such recognition for a true mastermind in city planning.

Increíble, un resum increíble. Tota una feinada, company. Gràcies, i felicitats per la bona feina. Amazing work here, pal. Keep the good work. Surely, this will help lots of people who just came to the city looking for paella... There are so many places to see. All the cities have a long history to be told, thank you for condensing such long history of my city, so beautifully, in less than 20 minutes. A million thanks, company.

Thx for this excellent visual explanation of Barcelona’s growth. Outstanding insights not available in one cohesive, concise narrative anywhere else

As a Barcelonan I can only say congratulations on an amazing job 👏 I learnt from this video things about my city which i did not expect, subscribed, thank you for this!

Wow. Visited Barcelona last year and now, thanks to this video, a lot of things we noticed finally fall into place. Amazing video!

An excellent and comprehensive overview of the city, few foreigners get so much right. Allow me to add a few details. - As pointed out elsewhere, the labels on the rivers, the Besos and Llobregat are inverted. - Besides the Parallel running, well, parallel to the Equator, the Meridiana runs perfectly north to south, over an Earth's meridian, hence its name. They were meant to converge on the Port Vell, where the historic clock tower is, but by practical reasons, it misses by a few feet. - The very slim city blocks of the Barceloneta are meant to provide everyone with light an air. This, as you well point out, was better achieved by Cerdá's plan with the hollow city blocks in the Eixample. - BTW, the inside of those blocks are not 'mainly' parking space. There were not many cars when the Plan Cerdá was being mended, they could park in the sidewalk all right, no need for dedicated parking space. What they were destined for was for commercial space. The many stores you see in the Eixample stretch well into the center of the block, providing lots of rental income to the landowners. Some of those commercial spaces were converted to parking, but that was a later adaptation, it was not by design. The roof over the back of the commercial spaces becomes the terrace for the high-end apartments above the store. Notice that at the time, lower floors were better priced than higher ones. - You forgot to mention along the main avenues the Passeig de Gracia, which is Barcelona's equivalent to the Parisian Avenue des Champs-Élysées, with many of the same high-end brands on it. It was the connection from the old town to the town of Gracia, hence its name. - Via Laietana was in no one's plans. It was a later addition because both the Eixample and the port grew a lot, and they needed a connection, thus, needs must. The most significant houses in its way were not demolished but dismantled and re-assembled within the Gothic Quarter, in the area between the Cathedral and Sant Jaume.

Congrats! as from someone born and bred in Barcelona, I really enjoyed this video

Thanks for being so respectful with the catalan society and their history across Barcelona, as well as for the research about the composition of the city. It has been a really enjoyable pleasure to see the video. Good job.

LLobregat and besos rivers are swapped in the map

I am Spanish and Catalan and I learned more about our history in this video than in school.

absolutely insane video, i now love barcelona even more

Great video! It's incredible how much history there's in every detail and every part of the city!

I learnt more from your video than from all the years i lived in barcelona.

nice vid mate, well explained, I'm from Catalonia, nice to hear the difference between us and Spain, great job!

Excellent information. Keep these coming.

Fascinating video about the development of a fascinating city. Tons of research well-presented. I love the place. Gracias Mil ...

great work mate ! super detailed and quite accurate

omg love the way you used the catalan independence "plight" to segway into your sponsor video. Pure Capitalist Realism. Just for that i'm subscribing.

Fantastic video, very well explained and mostly accurate :)) Here's some engagement for the algorithm!!

Being from Barcelona, must say this is such a well made video! Thank you!

Although I lived in Barcelona for almost 8 years, I did not know about a lot of interesting things about the past. Thanks for the interesting video.

Amazing work, you explain it like a true local

The way u explain this city, it amazing New cities around the world should look at barcelona plan. 😊

Some of yall should clean your ears out. He said the city was/is home to those people, he didn’t say they where born there. Shut up about it everyone knows Messi is from Argentina and Picasso was from Málaga.

Thanks a lot for a great video.

Really great, thanks a lot. Llobregat and Besòs rivers are on opposite sides, though.

Thank you for respecting our culture!

Great video! Earned a gold star by acknowledging your mistake at 13:53

Congratulations. You explained it very well.

@brighttriptravel you got the two rivers at the start confused -- llobregat is on the left, and Besos, to the right, ;) Great facts!!! Really enjoyed watching this.

what a high quality & informative video - thank you!!

You've done a remarkable job, a few mistakes, but still very accurate and greatly done. You should be proud:)

"Bullet shaped skyscraper ..." you handle euphemism well

Hard flex to have table mountain in the background of the Ad. Cape Town for the win!

Great video, I just want to add a minor detail. As you perfectly said, Avinguda del Paralel is called that way because it runs parallel to the equator (from east to west) like the parallel lines of a globe. In the same way, Avinguda Meridiana is called that way because it goes perfectly from north to south like the same globe meridians.

i LOVED this. thank you. You did not explain what Eixample meant, but i looked it up lol!

Amazing video!

Super interesting and well done video

Barcelona is truly a magnificent city.

Man! I'm from Barcelona and you nailed it!!

Awesome video! As an engineer from Barcelona, I believe you really explained the citt in the besg way possible.

great video!

Fantastic video

Great work! But I am kinda surprised that you haven't mentioned about Hippodamus of Miletus, basically whole reason behind "grids"

So much for those courtyards in every building block. Most of the time i just see a fenced off empty concrete area

Amazing video.

Bullet shaped skyscraper. Nice way of putting it 😝

Could you perhaps try a 'New Delhi's Map, EXPLAINED' video? The octagonal plan of the central city looks interesting and i would love to learn more about its history

Not the last bullfighting arena. Just one of them, but cool video and generally accurate

You got the rivers backwards/wrong. The besos is to the right, llobregat is to the left and next to the airport.

4:19 is that in canary islands? i would love you to do a video about urbanism there. Great video!

Bon vídeo, bona feina.

0:57 This graphic broke my brain for a second: you've labelled the rivers wrong! ;)

Thanks!

Congratulations for the video. It's excellent and pretty accurate. Only there's a real mistake at 0:55 about the two rivers near the city

Its funny watching this being there rn

There are a couple minor mistakes which do not cast a shadow on the accuracy of your presentation. You did a very good and interesting job. 👍

awesome

5. Montjuic was not a fortress used against the city before the Borbon's rule. There was also a fortified way to connect de castle with the city, the bombardments fron Montjuic date from the revolts during the 19th century.

Oooo do Casablanca next please🇲🇦

4. The medieval walls passed through the streets Pelai and Fontanella, not through the rondas Universitat and St Pere. Pl. Catalunya was created with the Eixample outside the medieval and modern perimeter.

7. Opening of Via Laietana was very harsh against neighbours. 10.000 were evicted without alternatives. Was not only a matter of demolishing old buildings, City Council did not well with workers living there.

Rivers are switched in 1:00': Besos is east; Llobregat west -.-

Bro q Coi, algú mes de Barcelona mirant aquest vídeo i aprenent més q al putu cole?

as a catalan i must say that well done tho, nearly no mistakes ❤

3. The big roman city walls (there are a previous ones, smaller and with less towers) are well dated in the final decades of the third century.

Verme un vídeo de la historia de Barcelona hecho por un extranjero, curioso

As a catalan, i gotta say thay you almost made no mistakes. I love to see you trying to include catalan ❤

The rivers are the other way around. Llobregat on the left, Besos on the right

The names of the rivers are swapped. To the south is 'El Llobregat' and to the north is 'El Besós'.

Can you make a map of Tehran the capital of Iran?!

Yess, I love watching videos of where i live but you didnt say much about poble nou :(

PLEASE DO A SOUTH AFRICAN CITY! Cape Town/Pretoria/Durban/etc

Do beirut next pls

Nice video! Shame this channel does not get more views...

You flipped the rivers, besos is in the east, and Llobregat in the west

1, 2 and 3 are Raval, Gòtic, Santa Caterina and Born. Not just Gòtic.

Please do México city soon!

Picasso was from Málaga

The 1992 Olympics are seen as this great thing for “The City”. But what is the city exactly is never answered. Barcelona, better said working people from Barcelona, needed public investment. What they goy was the foundation of what is now: a city filled with tourist and expats that kick locals out. This city is so great and the cost of working locals

6:30 Barcelona was basically turned into a prison for thousands of catalans for two hundred years. Before the roman Barcino there were several settlements in the "Plana de Barcelona" area, from whose Laia and Barkeno might have been the most relevant, the first one was the capital of the tribe of the Laietans. It is only speculated where this settlements were, Laia it's supposed to have been in Montjuïc, probably below of what nowadays it's the castle; even today it is property of the spanish military so there is no way archeologist are going to mess around there. Anyways, all of the stones must have been reused later to build the medieval and the modern cities, so it is hard we are going to find anything. There have been other iberian settlements found in various places in the mountains in the area (both in Barcelona, Sta. Coloma, Badalona or Esplugues municipalilty areas) but we don't have names for those settlements.

Picasso was not from Catalonia. He was from Málaga.