{"id":69324,"date":"2017-01-18T16:50:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=69324"},"modified":"2016-11-23T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T13:04:51","slug":"metro-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/metro-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Metro Station Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Barcelona<\/strong> is crisscrossed by an extensive network of <strong>metro<\/strong> lines simply named &#8216;L&#8217; (for <em>linea<\/em>, or &#8216;line&#8217;) followed by the line number. The station names themselves, however, offer a glimpse into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/public-transport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>city&#8217;s history<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and introduce us to some of Barcelona&#8217;s famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/doctor-bartomeu-robert-a-part-of-barcelonas-history\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>historical personalities<\/strong><\/a>. Here we take a look at some of the most interesting <strong>station<\/strong> names\u00a0and find out their meaning and significance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/public-transport-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Transportation: How to get around in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/metro-station\/#Stations_named_after_significant_places_and_times_in_Barcelonas_history\" title=\"Stations named after significant places and times in Barcelona&#8217;s history\">Stations named after significant places and times in Barcelona&#8217;s history<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/metro-station\/#Stations_named_after_historical_personalities_of_Barcelona\" title=\"Stations named after historical personalities of Barcelona\">Stations named after historical personalities of Barcelona<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stations_named_after_significant_places_and_times_in_Barcelonas_history\"><\/span>Stations named after significant places and times in Barcelona&#8217;s history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Urgell &#8211; L1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <strong>station<\/strong> is located on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Urgell\/@41.382487,2.1567023,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2899393c1e9:0xa9a65ef2d1587e08!8m2!3d41.382487!4d2.158891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Carrer Comte d&#8217;Urgell<\/a>, from which it takes its name. Urgell was one of the original Counties (or <em>Comtes<\/em>) of Catalonia, founded in the 8th Century AD as part of the Carolingian empire. Its territories included what is now the principality of Andorra, and the city of Lleida. It was absorbed into the County of Barcelona in 1413.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tetuan &#8211; L2<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69372\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69372\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Tetouan-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: pauhaus via Visual hunt \/ CC BY-SA\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-69372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by pauhaus via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>metro station<\/strong> lies beneath the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Tetuan\/@41.394887,2.1733703,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2e5e9095ccb:0x9221b76862ea0a77!8m2!3d41.394887!4d2.175559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a de Tetuan<\/a>, named after the Moroccan city of Tetuan (or <em>Tetouan<\/em> &#8211; pictured right) which was besieged and occupied by Spanish forces (headed by Joan Prim and an army of Catalan volunteers) in 1860. It became the capital of the &#8216;Spanish Protectorate of Morocco&#8217; in 1913 and remained so until 1956. Many people in the city today still speak Spanish as a result of this occupation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Drassanes &#8211; L3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former Royal Shipyards or <em>Drassanes Reials<\/em> are located just outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Drassanes\/@41.376538,2.1734753,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a257476b9689:0x8e815306a27dd60f!8m2!3d41.376538!4d2.175664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>metro station<\/strong><\/a>. They now house the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/museu-maritim\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maritime Museum<\/a> of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Onze de Setembre &#8211; L9 &amp; 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking its name from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Onze+de+Setembre\/@41.4295578,2.1913752,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4bcd01aec3b41:0xd0143fe880f12d7a!8m2!3d41.4295578!4d2.1935639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rambla Onze de Setembre<\/a>, a major thoroughfare of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-andreu-district\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sant Andreu<\/strong><\/a> district, this <strong>station<\/strong> commemorates 11th of September, the date of the fall of Barcelona to Spanish forces in 1714. Designated the National Day of Catalonia in 1886, it&#8217;s celebration was suppressed during Franco&#8217;s dictatorship, and reinstated in 1980 following his death and the return of democracy to the region.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81839\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81839\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/16055107007_3f9c0e468e_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by UT440 131M via Visualhunt\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by UT440 131M via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Proven\u00e7a &#8211; L7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Proven\u00e7a neighbourhood of Gr\u00e0cia, which is served by this\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Proven%C3%A7a\/@41.3928143,2.1558422,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a291baef8eef:0x57ed6ec0724e2cbc!8m2!3d41.3928143!4d2.1580309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">station<\/a>,<\/strong> takes its name from the Southern French region of Provence, which was ruled by the Catalan Counts from 1112 until 1246.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Casa de l&#8217;Aigua &#8211; L11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Casa+de+l%C2%B4Aigua\/@41.4512787,2.1826513,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4bcfd5ac005b7:0xfae957a18a3652!8m2!3d41.4512787!4d2.18484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>metro<\/strong> stop<\/a> is named after the water elevation <strong>station<\/strong> nearby, which was built from 1915-19 following the typhus epidemic of 1914, in order to provide the city with a clean supply of drinking water and eradicate the disease. It is in the process of being renovated, and shortly to be opened as a museum by <a href=\"http:\/\/museuhistoria.bcn.cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MUHBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/train-stations-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">Main train stations in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stations_named_after_historical_personalities_of_Barcelona\"><\/span>Stations named after historical personalities of Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_81840\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81840\" class=\" wp-image-81840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8565268559_ea757712bb_z-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Toni Mart\u00edn via Visualhunt\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Toni Mart\u00edn via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Urquinaona &#8211; L1 &amp; L4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <strong>station<\/strong> is situated below the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Urquinaona\/@41.3887867,2.1706103,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2f08b86a9e9:0xf7d5de19be464f1a!8m2!3d41.388847!4d2.173668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a Urquinaona<\/a>, which commemorates Jos\u00e9 Maria de Urquinaona y Vidot. Born in Cadiz in 1814, he became bishop of Barcelona in 1878 and remained so until his death in 1883.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pep Ventura &#8211; L2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Pep+Ventura\/@41.443905,2.2357703,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4bb695a884d65:0x3856fd9c7790e59d!8m2!3d41.443905!4d2.237959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">station<\/a><\/strong> was named after Josep Maria Ventura i Casas (1817 &#8211; 75), a musician and composer who altered and innovated the traditional Catalan <em>Sardana<\/em> dance form and instruments of the <em>Cobla<\/em> ensemble used to accompany it, thus playing an important role in Catalan musical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lesseps &#8211; L3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Lesseps\/@41.405738,2.1482183,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2a3faff7a05:0x49f85885df2a657a!8m2!3d41.405738!4d2.150407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a de Lesseps<\/a> and its <strong>metro station<\/strong> are named after Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), a French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal, who was appointed French Consul to <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> in 1842. During the bombardment of <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> in the same year, he protected men of all political allegiances from the indiscriminate bombing campaign ordered by the Spanish Crown in order to put down an insurgency in the city. For this reason he is celebrated as a local hero.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69374\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69374\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Verdaguer-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Francesc_2000 via Visualhunt \/ CC BY\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-69374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Francesc_2000 via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Verdaguer &#8211; L4&amp;5<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Verdaguer\/@41.405738,2.1482183,17z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2ea7228803b:0x66970392696fd86c!8m2!3d41.3999445!4d2.1686721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a de Moss\u00e8n Jacint Verdaguer<\/a> located above this <strong>station<\/strong> celebrates one of the greatest poets in the Catalan language. During his lifetime (1845 &#8211; 1902) he also served as a priest. His major works include the epic poems <em>L&#8217;Atl\u00e0ntida<\/em> and <em>Canig\u00f3,\u00a0<\/em>and his 46-Stanza ode\u00a0<em>A Barcelona<\/em> (&#8216;To Barcelona&#8217;). The centrepiece of the <em>Pla\u00e7a<\/em> is a column topped by a statue of Verdaguer (pictured left).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jaume I &#8211; L4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jaume I was King of Aragon and Count of <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> from 1213 &#8211; 76. He integrated Barcelona into the Aragonese crown and expanded its territories, and was an important figure in the development of the Catalan language and its literature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ildefons Cerd\u00e0 &#8211; L9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.pt\/maps\/place\/Ildefons+Cerd%C3%A0\/@41.3611533,2.1279836,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a498be0603580b:0xcef7459fc898f7ab!8m2!3d41.3611533!4d2.1301723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>station<\/strong><\/a> takes its name from the visionary urban planner who designed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/eixample-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eixample<\/a> district of Barcelona in the late 19th Century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for a flat to rent during your stay in Barcelona? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> is the answer.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"69324\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona is crisscrossed by an extensive network of metro lines simply named &#8216;L&#8217; (for linea, or &#8216;line&#8217;) followed by the line number. The station names themselves, however, offer a glimpse into the city&#8217;s history\u00a0and introduce us to some of Barcelona&#8217;s famous historical personalities. Here we take a look at some of the most interesting station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":69326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[1930,4202,1779],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69324"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82625,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69324\/revisions\/82625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}