Sarrià, Barcelona Explained

Sarrià (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /səriˈa/) is a neighborhood in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its main street is Major de Sarrià.[1]

Former municipality

Today what was the old municipality is divided into various neighborhoods and districts. Most are in the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, the neighborhoods of Sarrià and les Tres Torres, two small areas in the neighborhoods of Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova and Sant Gervasi - Galvany. Vallvidrera independent town but was added to Sarriá in the 1890. The neighborhood of Pedralbes was also part of the old town before local boundaries were redrawn in 1984, but is currently included in the district of les Corts.

Communications

In 1858 Sarrià was connected to Barcelona by a railway line, which today forms a part of the conurbation's urban metro system, part of the Catalonia Railway company.

Education

The preschool through lower secondary campus of Istituto Italiano Statale Comprensivo di Barcellona, an Italian international school, is in Sarrià.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blaylock . Sara . Major de Sarrià . Barcelona Metropolitan . . 26 February 2012 . March 29, 2010.
  2. "Home." Istituto Italiano Statale Comprensivo di Barcellona. Retrieved on October 19, 2015. "Sede e Liceo: Pasaje Méndez Vigo, 8 - 08009 Barcellona - Spagna" and "Scuola secondaria di 1º grado, Scuola primaria, Scuola dell'infanzia: C/. Setantí, 10-12 (Sarrià) Barcellona - Spagna"