🏙️ The high corner of the Eixample of Barcelona. 🇪🇸

One of the most prominent city plans in the world.

Looking at it from a high angle, you can see an orderly city pattern like a checkerboard - this is the unique grid pattern of the Eixample neighborhood.

The city plan was designed by Ildefons Cerdà in the 19th century, emphasizing systematics, ventilation and conducive to traffic.

All blocks are similar in size, making the streets linear, clear crossroads, easy to walk, difficult to get lost.

🔷 The most prominent is the Chamfered Corners.

The corners of the building were cut into an octagon to make the carriages of the era turn conveniently, reducing the angle of sight and opening the way for more sunlight to reach the street floor.

🌿 Inside each block there is also a "central courtyard" (Inner Courtyards).

It was originally intended to be a green space for relaxation; despite some currently being further developed, many blocks still retain private garden spaces.

📢. Something to know.

This city plan makes Barcelona a very easy city to walk, because everything is linear, rhythmic, and has a wisely calculated distance.

This is not just a beautiful city from the sky.

But it is an urban plan concept that is ahead of its time. ✨