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Plan of the Port of Barcelona proposed by Foment de la Producción Nacional

Date
1874
Archive
Archive of the Promotion of National Work
Document type
Mapes i plànols
Reference code
CAT-AFTN-1-220
Link to the archive
Description

The Barcelona Port Plan of 1874, promoted by Foment de la Producción Nacional, is a key cartographic document to understand the economic and logistical impetus of Catalonia in the context of industrialization and its European projection. This plan reflects the desire to modernize port infrastructures to promote international trade and the competitiveness of Catalan production. Its inclusion allows us to show how the Port of Barcelona was conceived as Catalonia’s gateway to Europe and the world, and how the archives preserve the memory of this international vocation.