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Avinguda Diagonal ((:əβiŋˈɡuðə ðiəɣuˈnaɫ)) (in Spanish La Avenida Diagonal) is the name of one of Barcelona's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally from west to east (by Barcelona's compass), hence the name. It was originally projected by engineer and urban planner Ildefons Cerdà as one of the city's wide avenues, which along with Avinguda Meridiana would cut the rationalist grid he designed for l'Eixample (Catalan for ''extension''). Both would meet at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which Cerdà envisioned as the new city centre. However, Plaça Catalunya, equally a new addition to the city of Barcelona, and connecting Ciutat Vella and Eixample, and therefore occupying a more privileged position in the urban area, would finally become the centre. Avinguda Diagonal remains to this day a much-transited avenue and many companies and hotels use it as a privileged location, as can be seen in its architecture. The avenue starts in the Les Corts district on the western edge of the city, and runs to the Sant Martí district on the eastern edge. To its west it connects with the Lleida-Madrid highway and Ronda de Dalt in the neighbouring municipality of Esplugues de Llobregat. To its east it meets the Ronda del Litoral on the border with the municipality of Sant Adrià de Besòs. It is consistently wide and about long. ==Name== The different regimes that held power in Catalonia and Spain during the 20th century sought to change the city's street names. Avinguda Diagonal was no exception to that. It has been known under the following names: * Gran Via Diagonal – original name which Ildefons Cerdà and Víctor Balaguer intended to call the avenue. * Avinguda d'Argüelles – 1891. Named after Agustín Argüelles (1776–1844). * Avinguda de la Nacionalitat Catalana – 1922. Mancomunitat de Catalunya, (in English, Commonwealth of Catalonia). * Avenida de Alfonso XIII −1924. During Miguel Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, named after King Alfonso XIII. * Avinguda del Catorze d'Abril – 1931. Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939). * Gran Vía Diagonal – 1939, provisional name imposed the day after the Fascist capture of Barcelona as an attempt to eliminate references to the Republic. * Avenida del Generalísimo Francisco Franco – 1939. During the authoritarian regime of Francisco Franco. * Avinguda Diagonal – Its current name, adopted following the restoration of democracy in 1979. It should be noted, though, that in popular usage the name "Diagonal" has always prevailed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avinguda Diagonal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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