Plaça de la Vila de Madrid - Barcelona, Spain
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bluesnote
N 41° 23.077 E 002° 10.329
31T E 430782 N 4581784
One of the newest plazas in the city, and one of the most visited.
Waymark Code: WMKXGZ
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 06/08/2014
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Translated from Catalan from Wikipedia, "The Town Square is a square in Madrid Gothic Quarter, between the street and the street Canuda Victory on the right side of the Boulevard. The area that currently forms the square is due to a development project implemented in 1954 in order to organize and articulate the surface until then occupied the premises of the convent of Santa Teresa called and arranged between the block ancient streets of the Mother of God (nowadays disappeared) and of the boat. These works led to the accidental discovery and excavation of part of a necropolis outside the city Barcino articulated side of a road. In 1958 the archaeological site were exposed and integrated into the urban environment. Between 2000 and 2003, during a remodeling of the plaza, began a new phase of operations and was multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the study of all the archaeological data available until now, which has allowed knowledge deep strength of this archaeological site. The excavations uncovered structures and stratigraphy of different chronological moments that illustrate the changes experienced by the urban layout of this sector of the city."
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