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The Eixample, which translates as “expansion” as it is the newer part of the city, is a large area to the north of Plaça de Catalunya to the left and Passeig de Gràcia to the right.
In fact, this place is an extension of the city that greatly benefited from the ingenious urban planning in the hands of the Catalan engineer Cerdá during the 1850s. Cerdá had a weakness for straight lines, which is why the entire area is arranged on a grid and each block has an internal courtyard. This means that it is very difficult to get lost in the Eixample and, as a consequence, very easy to find places.