Ildefons Cerdà
Catalan urban planner and engineer (1815–1876) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer[1] (Catalan pronunciation: [ildəˈfons səɾˈða i suˈɲe]; Spanish: Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer; 23 December 1815, Centelles – 21 August 1876, Caldas de Besaya) was a Spanish urban planner and civil engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample. Because of his extensive theoretical and practical work, he is considered the founder of modern town planning as a discipline, having coined the word "urbanization".[2] [3]
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cerdà and the second or maternal family name is Sunyer.
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Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer | |
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Born | 23 December 1815 Centelles, Catalonia, Spain |
Died | 21 August 1876(1876-08-21) (aged 60) Las Caldas de Besaya, Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria, Spain |
Nationality (legal) | Spanish |
Citizenship | Spain |
Known for | Designed expansion of Barcelona known as the "Eixample" |
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Fields | Urban planner, civil engineer, politician |
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