 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zana ramakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe rakatungamira kune kumwe kumutsidzirwa kwehupfumi netsika, izvo zvakaratidzirwa mune imwe yenguva dzakabereka zvibereko zvikuru mukuvakwa kweguta, Modernisme. Kusvikira muzana ramakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe, Barcelona yakanga yakakomberedzwa nemasvingo ayo epakati nepakati, ichionekwa senzvimbo yemauto, saka kukura kwayo kwaive kushoma. Mamiriro ezvinhu akachinja nekuparadzwa kwemasvingo uye kupihwa kuguta reParc de la Ciutadella, izvo zvakatungamira mukuwedzera kweguta pamwe nemupata uri pedyo, chokwadi chakaratidzirwa muchirongwa cheEixample chakagadzirwa naIldefonso Cerdá. Uku ndiko kwaiva kuwedzera kukuru munharaunda yeBarcelona. Chimwe chiitiko chakakura mukuwedzera kwenzvimbo yeguta kwaive kubatanidzwa kwemaguta akati wandei ari pamuganhu pakati pekupera kwezana ramakore regumi nemapfumbamwe nekutanga kwezana ramakore rechimakumi maviri. Zvose izvi zvaireva kugadziriswa kwenzvimbo itsva dzomumaguta uye kuwedzerwa kwemakomisheni emadhorobha emadhorobha mumigwagwa yeruzhinji, iyo yaifarirwawo nezviitiko zvakasiyana-siyana zvakaitwa muguta rakadai seUniversal Exhibition ya1888 uye International ya1929.kana kuti, munguva pfupi yapfuura, nokuda kweMitambo yeOlympic ya1992 uye Universal Forum of the Cultures ya2004. 