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Ildefons Cerdà

Urban planner (1815-1876), noted for the extension plan of Barcelona

  • Fame52.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Architects rank#225
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame52.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Architects rank#225
  • Wikipedia3.7K
Lived 1815–1876, aged 61Spain
SpainSpainArchitectsArchitect
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  • Era
    1815–1876
    Aged 61
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Updated 2026-06-24

Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer was a Spanish urban planner and civil engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample. Because of his extensive theoretical and practical work, he is considered the founder of modern town planning as a discipline, having coined the word "urbanization".

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