Colau dethrones the Bourbons of the avenue

© Image LaVanguardia.com A plaque commemorates the price of tram line covering Horta 

third episode of the serial Borrón Bourbon government of Ada Colau. After renaming the plenary hall of the Queen Regent, now called Carles Pi i Sunyer, and recovering the Cinc d'Oros square, removing the plaques dedicated to Juan Carlos I, Barcelona City Council has taken steps to dethrone the Bourbon dynasty avenue Nou Barris that bears his name.


In the near future it will be renamed Avenue Borbó Avenue Els Quinze. Thus it became known popularly, from the second decade of the twentieth century, crossing the Paseo Maragall with Borbó Avenue (formerly Bourbon, walk Marshal Joffre and Old San Acisclo), in memory of the tram line 46 He connected the plaza Urquinaona Horta and the 15 cents it cost peseta ticket from origin to this place.

At the time of the old trams, the transport ticket had different prices depending on the journey. In the case of 46, Urquinaona to Camp de l'Arpa, the rate was 10 cents; to Horta, 20. The conductor announced in advance geographical boundaries where rate changes occurred. Thus the cry of "Els Quinze" became familiar among the passengers of those trams, which ended up incorporating it into their everyday vocabulary.

The full Nou Barris district approved a proposition which raised the name change to the presentation of the gazetteer with the votes of BComú, the PDECat and ERC. Previously, the neighborhood association Torre Llobeta-Vilapicina and Taula Confederation of Nou Barris per the Republic had collected 1,300 signatures as collateral for the change of name of this road that, by decision of the Franco regime, recovered in 1942 the name of the ruling house in Spain. 

When the paper report of renaming a period of public exhibition and presentation of allegations will open. Finally , a mayoral decree will close the file and give way to theofficial naming and effective replacement.

Throughout this mandate, the government of Commons has proceeded to make various changes in naming the public space of the city. A recovery of Zinc d'Oros and replacement of Borbó avenue must be added the change in Llucmajor square at Republic Square, also in the Nou Barris district, or replacement of the Plaza de la Hispanidad by the Pablo Neruda.Another not without controversy change was the street Almirall Cervera, in Barceloneta, by the comic Pepe Rubianes, or removal of the statue of Antonio Lopez in the square still retains the name of the employer, shipowner, banker and patron.

That of Borbó avenue probably will not be the last change of gazetteer in Barcelona for the remainder of the mandate. After recently renamed the breakwater of the Mar Bella, which already bears the name of the former leader of PSUC Antoni Gutierrez Diaz, Guti, it is scheduled to dedicate a passage from Ciutat Vella to the memory of another prominent politician of the transition also linked to this party, the historian Josep Benet.

Barcelona seems less likely now follow the lead of other Catalan municipalities governed by independence forces and dedicate a space to the events of October 1, 2017. Yesterday, the first deputy mayor, Gerardo Pisarello said his government is " open to study "this possibility as PDECat and ERC have asked, but said that in any case is to take some time and there must be a local demand in this regard. Pisarello spoke of at least five years, but this standard, as required by regulation gazetteer, is only meant for people. Specifically, the legislation indicates that "can not put the name of any person to a public space if not at least five years after his death does, except for the people there been awarded the Gold Medal of the City . The only living person who can honor by naming a street is the head of state. " In this case, a Bourbon.

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