Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-02
sPAlN's BEAUTY CITY.
GIimpses of Barcelona, Hotbed of the
Present Revolution.


Present Revolution.
Barcelona. where the present dis
content of the people throughout Spain
over the continuation of the fighting
co, recently assumed the character of
civil war, is the capital of the captain
generalcy of Catalonia as well as the
most important commercial and indus
trial town in Spain. 1t is on an un-
dulating plain on the shore Of the Med
iterraneau. in about the same latitude
as Rome. On the southeast rise the
Montjuich hills. crowned by fortifica-
tons; GU the three other sides of the
plain stretches d picturesque mountain
background. The suburbs are a series
of cultivated semitropical gardens.
and beyond the plain is dotted with
villages and farms and intersected
with beautiful streams. Don QutXote
described the city as unique both in
beauty and situation" and even in
modern days, when the smoke of fac
tory chiuneys takes away some of the
former pictuIesqueness it ranks as
one of the most attractive of Mediter-
ranean towns.
Barcelona has population of
$4,000, counting the old and new
towns together. The houses Of the
new town are largely built of hewn
stone. which make an imposing ap-
pearance and the streets are laid out
very regularly The busy life of the
city centers in the Rambla. charm
ing promenade which unites the old
town with the new and along which
are the principal theaters. shops and
cafes and where the pretty flower
girls display their wares under the
shade of the plane trees.
City of Two Parts.
The old city was formerly surround
ed by a line of raInparts defended by
a citadel on tile northeast erected by
Philip v, but as these Notifications
restricted the development Of the town
they were abolished by the local au-
thorities in 1870 despite the opposition
of the central government. The walls
of the moat were turned into cellars,
ana lhe erouhd was iaiu OUT III sai-
dens. Tho city rapidly spread out to
the northwest. and in 1860 an elabo-
rate plan was made for laying out new
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