Sants is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Barcelona . It belongs to the district of Sants-Montjuïc and is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the northeast, Les Corts to the northwest, and by the municipality of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat to the south. Although old-fashioned, its name is sometimes still written as Sans in some Spanish-language sources.
8-463: Can Vies (also known as Centre Social Autogestionat Can Vies ) is a building located in the Sants neighborhood of Barcelona , built in 1879. It has been squatted since 1997, when a group of youths occupied it and began using it as a self-managed social centre and infoshop . In late May 2014, riots broke out in a successful attempt to stop an eviction. The building was partially demolished and rebuilt by
16-495: A crowdfunding campaign to fund the rebuilding costs, which were estimated at €70,000. In the end, €90,000 was quickly raised. Sants The main artery of the neighbourhood is Carrer de Sants , popularly known as Carretera de Sants, which runs westwards from Plaça Espanya to the neighbouring municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It is one of the largest commercial streets in Barcelona. Barcelona Sants railway station ,
24-658: The Can Vies community center, a building which had been squatted since 1997. The most famous feast is the Festa Major , which is celebrated yearly in honor of the patron saint , Bartholomew the Apostle . During the week-long feast, the traffic is cut off in several parts of the neighborhood, where multiple popular activities are organized outdoors, such as butifarrades , xocolatades (gatherings where people drink chocolate), concerts, Sardanes , and Habaneres . The neighbors decorate
32-543: The Deputation took no action. The merger with Barcelona finally took effect in 1897. By then, Sants had a population of 19,105 inhabitants, and the neighbourhood had a strong industrial character, home to some of the most important manufacturers of Spanish textiles, such as España Industrial and Vapor Vell . In 2014 rioting broke out in Sants and spread to Barcelona and other cities, when local authorities attempted to demolish
40-452: The cities of Madrid , Mallorca and Valencia . The government sent an additional 200 police officers to Barcelona to help in dealing with the protests. In a successful attempt to stop the demolition, protesters built barricades and set the excavator on fire. The building was resquatted and a community-based reconstruction program begun. The local government announced on May 30, that the building would not be demolished. Can Vies launched
48-404: The local community. In May 2014, negotiations took place between the owners of the building, Barcelona's public transport operator Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona and the squatters . After the negotiations failed, the building was evicted on May 26, and demolition works commenced. As a result, Barcelona experienced riots and protests during the following nights. The protests also spread to
56-491: The major railway station in Barcelona, and the Parc de l'Espanya Industrial are both located in Sants. Sants was the core of an industrial town known as Santa Maria de Sants on the plain bordering Barcelona. In the spring of 1883, the municipalities of Sants and Barcelona decided by mutual agreement to merge the two respective municipalities. One year later, the central government annulled the merger due to technical issues. The process
64-521: Was again put in motion the following year when Barcelona's city government sent a request for aggregation to the Diputació Provincial de Barcelona , but this request was not fulfilled for more than two years. In March 1889, the Civil Government asked the Deputation to resolve the issue. A commission presided by Rius i Taulet traveled to Madrid to help move along the case. However, once more,
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