This book will introduce you to 18th-century Barcelona with an intimate and unique discovery of the urban landscape of the age. A time known as the Enlightenment, that has often been described as a struggle between darkness and light, between the nobility and the middle classes, between the Church and science, between pessimism and optimism, between fear and freedom... This book also addresses the question of how, despite the fact that it began the century with a terrible military defeat, Barcelona was able to become an enlightened city, comparable to other great cities throughout the world. By learning about the urban landscape of the 18th century, large part of which still exists today, you will discover what Barcelona was like during the Enlightenment, and how it was able to recover, rebuild and dynamically project itself within the context of modern Europe.
This book will introduce you to 18th-century Barcelona with an intimate and unique discovery of the urban landscape of the age. A time known as the Enlightenment, that has often been described as a struggle between darkness and light, between the nobility and the middle classes, between the Church and science, between pessimism and optimism, between fear and freedom... This book also addresses the question of how, despite the fact that it began the century with a terrible military defeat, Barcelona was able to become an enlightened city, comparable to other great cities throughout the world. By learning about the urban landscape of the 18th century, large part of which still exists today, you will discover what Barcelona was like during the Enlightenment, and how it was able to recover, rebuild and dynamically project itself within the context of modern Europe.