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1920 1930 Extension of Calle Balmes.

Barcelona.

First motorised street cleaning
We built major infrastructure for the vehicle. Barcelona.
Barcelona International Expo

FCC played a particularly key role in the famous Barcelona International Expo of
1929, devised as a commercial and industrial showcase for Catalonia’s burgeoning
manufacturing and trading sector.

1920

The Barcelona International The most notable We began work on In 1925, Barcelona City
Expo prompted substantial contributions made by FCC FCC Head Office on Calle Council awarded FCC the
investments in urban to this major event included Construction of FCC Head Office on Balmes in Barcelona. A first annual award for
infrastructure, with the need the urban development of Calle Balmes. Barcelona. fin-de-siècle stone building artistic buildings in the
to undertake projects in the Expo grounds and the in the classical style, topped city of Barcelona. The
record time, demonstrating Plaza de España in Barcelona, by four large allegorical building is now included on
the high level of technical where four hotels and more figures sculpted by Josep the Historical and Artistic
capability achieved by FCC. than 4,000 homes were built Tenas. Each of them features Architectural Heritage
in truly record time, alongside different elements: a book, Catalogue of the Catalan
the urban development of a pillar, flowers and fruit, capital.
a section of the Rambla respectively representing
de Cataluña, which was culture, architecture, art
transformed into a boulevard, and agriculture.
and Calle Balmes, covering
over the underground
Plaza de España and Expo grounds. railway which ran along the
Opening of the Barcelona International
Expo. thoroughfare.

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