In just over a century, the city and the plain of Barcelona underwent a remarkable urban expansion that profoundly transformed its morphology and landscape. To manage all these spatial changes, the administration needed to produce maps: maps to design projects such as new urban planning schemes, the expansion and improvement of the road network, water supply systems, the construction of a modern sewerage network, and the creation of urban parks. A series of transformations for which cartographic surveying became essential.

The exhibition’s timeframe extends to the year 1925, as this marks the establishment within Barcelona City Council of the City Planning Office, the body that has since been responsible for producing the maps required for municipal management.

The exhibition will be open to visitors until February 28^th, 2026.

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