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Pedralbes

Coordinates:41°23′41″N2°6′47″E/ 41.39472°N 2.11306°E/41.39472; 2.11306
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Creu de Pedralbes in Pedralbes avenue

Pedralbes(Catalan pronunciation:[pəˈðɾalβəs],OldCatalanforwhite stones) is a neighborhood inLes Cortsdistrict ofBarcelona,Catalonia(Spain). Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vicenç de Sarrià.

Pedralbes was the home of theInfanta Cristina of Spainfrom 2004 to 2013.[1]

TheLycée Français de Barcelone,a French international school, is located in Pedralbes.[2]

Pedralbes was completely transformed beginning in the 1940s with the urbanisation of the area.[3]Pedralbes is today Barcelona's most upmarket residential area, with large mansions surrounded by gardens, around Avinguda de Pearson, or isolated luxury apartment blocks, around Avinguda de Pedralbes.[4]

References

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  1. ^"The Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin have put their mansion in Pedralbes up for sale".Typically Spanish. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2013-10-02.
  2. ^"Los hijos de Urdangarin vuelven al cole de tapadillo"(Archive).El Periódico.Wednesday 5 September 2012. Retrieved on 22 January 2015. "Se supo porque una nube de fotógrafos les esperaba a las puertas del Liceo Francés, en Pedralbes,[...]"
  3. ^"Pedralbes, la singularidad hecha barrio".Les Corts(in Spanish). 2019-04-23.Retrieved2022-01-08.
  4. ^"Historia de Pedralbes".Les Corts(in Spanish). 2018-05-14.Retrieved2022-01-08.

41°23′41″N2°6′47″E/ 41.39472°N 2.11306°E/41.39472; 2.11306