Ildefons Cerdà, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ildefons Cerdà

Urban planner (1815-1876), noted for the extension plan of Barcelona

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1815

Place of Birth: Centelles, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1876

Profession: architect, engineer, politician, urban planner

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer, (Catalan pronunciation: [ild?'fons s??'ða]; Centelles, December 23, 1815 – Caldas de Besaya, August 21, 1876), also known as Ildefonso Cerdá y Suñer in Spanish, was the progressive Catalan Spanish urban planner who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample.
He was a founder of modern town planning who coined the new word “urbanization”.



Alternative names	Ramon Martí, Ramon Martí i Alsina
Description	Spanish painter
Date of birth/death	10 August 1826	21 December 1894
Location of birth/death	Barcelona (Catalonia)	Barcelona (Catalonia)
Work location	Barcelona, Girona
Authority control	: Q2977133 VIAF: 44195695 ISNI: 0000 0001 1760 479X ULAN: 500120747 LCCN: nr96011836 GND: 143519662 WorldCat