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The Renaixença & the Road Back
Buoyed by the lifting of the ban on its trade with the Americas in 1778, Barcelona em-
barked on the road to industrial revolution, based initially on textiles but spreading to wine,
cork and iron in the mid-19th century.
It soon became Spain's leading city. As the economy prospered, Barcelona outgrew its
medieval walls, which were demolished in 1854-56. Work on the grid-plan L'Eixample
(the Extension) district began soon after. The so-called Renaixença (Renaissance) brought a
revival of Catalan culture, as well as political activism. It sowed the seeds of growing polit-
ical tension in the early 20th century, as demands for autonomy from the central state be-
came more insistent.
Places to Discover Barcelona's Past
1 MUSEU D'HISTÒRIA DE BARCELONA
(
CLICK HERE
)
2 MUSEU D'HISTÒRIA DE CATALUNYA
(
CLICK HERE
)
3 ESGLÉSIA DE SANTA MARIA DEL MAR
(
CLICK HERE
)
4 VIA SEPULCRAL ROMANA (
CLICK
HERE
)
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