[SPAIN-MATARÓ] Walking along Portal de Valldeix... 07/JUN/2021 06:15 pm

Filmed : 07/JUN/2021 06:15 pm using iphone 8

Walk inside Mataró city of Cataluña autonomous community!!!

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🔷Mataró🔷

Mataró is a municipality and city in Spain, located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, on the coast of the province of Barcelona, ​​next to the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Maresme. It is located about 33 km north of the city of Barcelona.

Mataró has 129 661 inhabitants, according to the revision of the register as of January 1, 2020. According to these data from the INE, Mataró is the 52nd most populated city in Spain and the 8th in Catalonia.

The city of Mataró has its origin in Roman times, as evidenced by the Roman villa of Can Llauder from the end of the 1st century BC, which was on the outskirts of the walls of the ancient Roman city of Iluro, the Roman name for Mataró. The remains of Iluro have recently been found in all the streets of the old nucleus, leaving the foundations of houses and even sewage areas visible in some central square.

The continuous aspiration to get rid of the feudal jurisdiction, in the 16th century, created a permanent defense of the town for the safety of its inhabitants. In 1480, King Ferdinand the Catholic granted the privilege of finally joining the Crown, which also represented the definitive formation of the municipality of Mataró. During the 16th century the wall was completed.

In the 16th century, Mataró was a small medieval town built around the church of Santa María and the Plaça Gran (Plaza Mayor). Its significant and progressive economic and demographic growth made the construction of a second wall necessary and at the same time possible and the incorporation of new urban spaces.

The walls of Mataró, built between 1569 and 1600, were the project of the royal engineer Jorge de Setara. Sections of the wall can now be seen on Calle Muralla dels Genovesos (recently restored), Calle Muralla D'en Titus, Calle Muralla de la Pressó and above Camí Ral.

The town's walling project lasted more than thirty years due to economic scarcity and disputes over its layout. At the time of raising the walls, part of the city that would correspond to the Camino Real (Camí Ral), was excluded from the perimeter, with the consequent complaints from neighbors and owners. The wall, made of stones of not very large measures and glued with mortar of two parts of sand and one part of lime, was not excessively solid, a fact that was demonstrated when some of the neighbors demolished part with relative ease.

The wall had seven portals and entrances, the most prominent being that of Barcelona (current Riera with Plaza Santa Anna), from which the coats of arms of the Principality, Mataró and Barcelona are reproduced. The original shields currently appear on the "cell" dedicated to Saint Sebastian. From the portal of Valldeix you can still see the silhouette of the facade of the house on the corner of the streets of La Coma and Sant Francesc d'Assís. The other portals were those of Argentona, Cabrera de Mar, San José, Feliu, the Pou de la Sinia and the Penya d'en Roig or Portalet.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the fishing ground on the western coast of Huelva began to be exploited from this town, culminating in the founding of La Higuerita (now Isla Cristina) by mainly people from Mataró and other Catalans.

Route and Sights Timestamps :

00:00 carrer Portal de Valldeix
00:11 Muralla dels Genovesos
00:16 carrer Sant Francesc d'Assís
00:41 carrer Bonaire
01:07 Plaça d'en Peric
01:55 Basílica de Santa Maria de Mataró
02:07 Plaça de Santa Maria
02:30 carrer Nou
03:30 carrer de la Beata Maria
03:35 carrer Santa Maria
04:09 Plaça Gran
04:50 carrer Don Magí de Vilallonga
05:48 carrer d'En Palau
06:25 Plaça de l'Ajuntament
07:57 carrer el Carreró
08:21 carrer de la Riera
08:36 Ajuntament de Mataró (=Mataró City Hall)
09:13 carrer d'En Palau
11:13 Baixada de Santa Anna
11:26 Muralla de Sant Llorenç
11:34 Plaça Santa Anna
12:36 carrer Santa Teresa
13:47 Baixada de Santa Anna
13:59 carrer de Barcelona
15:50 Plaça de la Peixateria
16:28 carrer Sant Cristòfor
16:57 carrer d'en Xammar
17:33 Plaça de Can Xammar
18:36 Plaça de la Muralla
20:02 Baixada de les Escaletes
20:55 Camí Ral de la Mercè
21:01 carrer de Sant Joan
21:41 carrer de Cristòfor Colom
21:59 carrer del Cós
23:10 carrer Marina de Levant
23:33 carrer Sant Felicià
24:13 Pas del Cargol
26:00 Passeig del Callao
26:44 Platja del Varador (=Varador beach)

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