Feminizing the names of squares, streets and gardens in Barcelona is one of the objectives of the City Council. To this end, 21 new names were approved, of which 9 street names in Barcelona will be for women.
To do so, popular names have been recovered from the neighbors of the different neighborhoods of the city.
Specifically of the 9 names, 2 correspond to street names and 5 to new squares.
The chosen names correspond to women representatives of trade union, cultural, neighborhood and political activism in the city’s environment.
Barcelona’s new street names
Streets
- Change of name of the Duc street to the new one, Josefa Vilaret street (Ciutat Vella).
- Change of the name of Comte de Santa Clara street to Felícia Fuster i Viladecans street (Ciutat Vella).
Places
- Valerie Powles square (Sants-Montjuïc)
- Rosa Galobardes i Alsina Square (Horta-Guinardó)
- Ramona Fossas i Puig Square (Horta-Guinardó)
- Angelina Trallero Square (Sarrià-Sant Gervasi)
- Lluïsa Alba Square (Nou Barris)
- Lolita Torrentó Square (Sant Martí)
- Francesca Vergés i Escofet square (Sant Andreu)
Parks
- Change of name of the Maquinista park to Treballadors i Treballadors de la Maquinista park (Sant Andreu).
The naming of 21 streets, gardens and squares was approved by the Barcelona Gazetteer. In this process of change, an attempt was made to recover the popular names that have been remembered throughout history by the neighborhoods’ residents.
Women are now more present in the streets, parks and squares of Barcelona.
