2.) Barrio Torre Baró

Torre Baró is one of the 13 neighbourhoods that compose the district of Nou Barris, in the north of Barcelona. It is located in the mountains of Collserola on the western side of the motorway Autopista del Vallès, and it borders on the neighbourhood of Ciutat Meridiana to the north, and on the neighbourhood of Les Roquetes to the south. Given its location next to the motorway, the area is easily accessible by car. It is also possible to take the bus or the underground (Torre Baró-Vallbona). 

Torre Baró counts with a population of 2.167 (2010) and a surface of 1,76 km² which means a density of 1.231 habitants/ km².

The name of the neighborhood, however, comes from the old tower called Torre del Baró, built in the sixteenth century by the family Pinós along the roadside Ribes and destroyed in 1714. A second tower was built in the same place in 1797 and was demolished in 1967 when the Meridiana was built. 

It is one of the most unique neighborhoods in the district. It emerged in the mid-twentieth century at a part of the Collserola mountains of different development initiatives and preojects as a garden city, which failed. The area, which originally was to be residential, became a selfconstructed neighborhood, following the housing needs of many people who immigrated from other parts of the Iberian Peninsula during the decades of the 1950s and 1960s.

Over the years there have been numerous remodeling or renovation projects that, for various reasons, haven´t been realized eventually. The recent inclusion, together with Ciutat Meridiana, the Neighborhood Plan promoted by the Government guarantees endowments that will develop the urban activities, as well as necessary technical and social facilities. 

In February 2006 the mayor Joan Clos opened the Congost bridge, connecting neighborhoods and Vallbona Torre Baró, over the railroad tracks and the AP-7, with a wide sidewalk for pedestrians and bicycles.

These actions can be considered as part of very important work done in recent years, such as remodeling Vallbona Avenue (opened in 2000) to make it again and pedestrian road axis connecting Ciutat Meridiana and Torre Baró with the rest of Nou Barris through Trinitat Nova. 

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