Carlos María de Castro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish architect (1810-1893)
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Place of Birth: Estepa, Andalusia, Spain
About Carlos María de Castro
- Carlos María de Castro (24 September 1810 - 2 November 1893) was a Spanish architect, engineer and urban planner.
- He created the plan of the urban expansion (Ensanche) of Madrid. The New Plan of Madrid was commissioned in 1857 and adopted in 1860.
- It was inspired by some technical aspects of Ildefons Cerdà's early studies and plans for the extension of Barcelona.
- But unlike Cerdà who sought to avoid social segregation, Castro proposed functional and social zoning.
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