Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Public art of Barcelona constitutes a highlighted sample of group of monuments and out of doors sculptures that adorn to the Catalan capital, in conjunction with other elements like the architecture, the network of museums and parks and gardens, an artistic stamp.The heritage of public art of the city is extensive, if the majority of monuments and statues situated in public places date from the 19th century forward. The first monument situated to the public road from a municipal commission that survives is the Monument to Saint Eulàlia, to Pedró Square from 1673; other works of public art are situated to the interior of niches, on the façades of public buildings, as well in many cases private commissions that have become public later. It is necessary to remark that until the 19th century the city was enclosed by walls of mediaeval origin, in having the city the consideration of defense, which limited growth, and the little available space used preferably for the daily activities of the population.The situation changed with the demolition of the walls and the donation to the city of the Fortress of the Citadel, events that favoured the urban expansion, and that it reflected in the Eixample project, elaborated by Ildefons Cerdà. Another significant increase of the surface of the Catalan capital was the annexation of several municipalities in the early 20th century. All this supposed the adequació of the new urban spaces and an increase of the artistic municipal commissions to the public roads, that were favored equally for several events celebrated to the city, how the Universal Exhibition of the 1888 and the International of the 1929 or, more recently, for the Olympic Games of the 1992 and the Universal Forum of the Cultures of the 2004."@en }
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- Public_art_of_Barcelona abstract "The Public art of Barcelona constitutes a highlighted sample of group of monuments and out of doors sculptures that adorn to the Catalan capital, in conjunction with other elements like the architecture, the network of museums and parks and gardens, an artistic stamp.The heritage of public art of the city is extensive, if the majority of monuments and statues situated in public places date from the 19th century forward. The first monument situated to the public road from a municipal commission that survives is the Monument to Saint Eulàlia, to Pedró Square from 1673; other works of public art are situated to the interior of niches, on the façades of public buildings, as well in many cases private commissions that have become public later. It is necessary to remark that until the 19th century the city was enclosed by walls of mediaeval origin, in having the city the consideration of defense, which limited growth, and the little available space used preferably for the daily activities of the population.The situation changed with the demolition of the walls and the donation to the city of the Fortress of the Citadel, events that favoured the urban expansion, and that it reflected in the Eixample project, elaborated by Ildefons Cerdà. Another significant increase of the surface of the Catalan capital was the annexation of several municipalities in the early 20th century. All this supposed the adequació of the new urban spaces and an increase of the artistic municipal commissions to the public roads, that were favored equally for several events celebrated to the city, how the Universal Exhibition of the 1888 and the International of the 1929 or, more recently, for the Olympic Games of the 1992 and the Universal Forum of the Cultures of the 2004.".
- Q15945449 abstract "The Public art of Barcelona constitutes a highlighted sample of group of monuments and out of doors sculptures that adorn to the Catalan capital, in conjunction with other elements like the architecture, the network of museums and parks and gardens, an artistic stamp.The heritage of public art of the city is extensive, if the majority of monuments and statues situated in public places date from the 19th century forward. The first monument situated to the public road from a municipal commission that survives is the Monument to Saint Eulàlia, to Pedró Square from 1673; other works of public art are situated to the interior of niches, on the façades of public buildings, as well in many cases private commissions that have become public later. It is necessary to remark that until the 19th century the city was enclosed by walls of mediaeval origin, in having the city the consideration of defense, which limited growth, and the little available space used preferably for the daily activities of the population.The situation changed with the demolition of the walls and the donation to the city of the Fortress of the Citadel, events that favoured the urban expansion, and that it reflected in the Eixample project, elaborated by Ildefons Cerdà. Another significant increase of the surface of the Catalan capital was the annexation of several municipalities in the early 20th century. All this supposed the adequació of the new urban spaces and an increase of the artistic municipal commissions to the public roads, that were favored equally for several events celebrated to the city, how the Universal Exhibition of the 1888 and the International of the 1929 or, more recently, for the Olympic Games of the 1992 and the Universal Forum of the Cultures of the 2004.".