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Horta Guinardo
Set in the upper north-eastern corner of Barcelona and bounded by
the Collserola mountains, the municipal district of Horta-Guinardó
was mainly farmland and market gardens up till the beginning of the
20th century. A dozen or so barrios, from Horta in the north to
Guinardó in the south were united by the building boom of the 1950s
which transformed the area into an almost endless expanse of
high-rise suburban apartment blocks. Apart from the odd mediaeval
farmhouse and the vestiges of the 14th century Monasterio de la Vall
de Hebron to the north of Sant Genís, there is little left of
historical note. The Vall d’Hebron is now synonymous with the
neighbourhood that the city of Barcelona reconstructed to create
four of the Olympic venues in 1992, providing the area with a
swimming pool, tennis courts and football and rugby playing fields.
Known as Barcelona’s reservoir due to the large number of
watercourses flowing down through the district from the hills of
Collserola, Horta-Guinardó also boasts a number of green areas
including the oldest garden in the city - complete with maze - the
18th century neoclassical Parc del Laberint. There is a busy
shopping area centred round the municipal market in Plaça Eivissa,
where most shops are family-run. Two underground lines and several
bus routes run through the district connecting it to the centre of
Barcelona as well as to the neighboring districts of Gràcia and Nou
Barris.
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