BARCELONA - 3D Timelapse

a few iberian huts between a hill and the sea, and twenty-two centuries later a city of 1.7 million. the shore moves, the walls come and go, and every house appears in the year it was built. 250 BC · the Laietani farm the slopes of Montjuïc 10 BC · Augustus founds Barcino on the Mons Taber 4th century · a wall with towers rings the Roman town 985 · Almanzor sacks the city 1260 · the wall along the Rambla 1298 · the Gothic cathedral is begun 1329 · Santa Maria del Mar 1477 · the first stone pier, and the sand starts to grow 1716 · the citadel is built over the Ribera 1753 · Barceloneta on the reclaimed sand 1854 · down with the walls 1860 · Cerdà's Eixample 1882 · the Sagrada Família is begun 1888 · the World's Fair 1929 · the exhibition on Montjuïc 1992 · the Olympic city turns to the sea 2026 · the Tower of Jesus is finished made in blender, house by house music: "Eternal Hope" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · building years: Dirección General del Catastro (INSPIRE Buildings) Sources: Dirección General del Catastro, INSPIRE Buildings (building year and floors for every building in Barcelona) MUHBA (Museu d'Història de Barcelona): Carta Històrica de Barcelona, "Barcelona, port mediterrani entre oceans", "The Door of the Sea" Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Cartoteca: plans of Barcelona 1706, 1740, c. 1806 and Cerdà's plan of 1855 Ajuntament de Barcelona: history of the beaches; Arxiu Municipal, recovery of the waterfront 1995-2012 History of Barcelona, Barcino, Walls of Barcelona, Ciutadella of Barcelona, Eixample, Sagrada Família (en/ca.wikipedia) Population: Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat) and the historical censuses Santa Maria del Mar, Mercat de la Boqueria, Park Güell, Montjuïc Castle, Maians (the island of the first harbour pier, 1477) (en/ca.wikipedia); Ajuntament de Barcelona, Castell de Montjuïc: history Carta Arqueològica de Barcelona and MUHBA archaeology reports: the medieval shoreline and sea wall