Somorrostro Beach is a beach inBarcelona,Catalonia,Spain. It is located between the Hospital del Mar and Marina Street, in the far east area of theBarceloneta neighborhood, in theCiutat Vella district. It is 522 metres (1,713 ft) long and 89 metres (292 ft) wide.[1] The Somorrostro name was forgotten and the beach became one of the most popular in the city. It was not until 2010, Somorrostro beach got its original name back.[2]
During the 19th century and part of the 20th century, the beach, and much of the neighboring beach areas were occupied by ashanty town, inhabited by 15,000 people living in over 2,000 slums. It was known during this time as a Romani community.[3] It was not until the 1966 visit of SpanishcaudilloFrancisco Franco that the slum removal began.[4] Most of the slums in Somorrostro were demolished between the 1960s and 1980s.[5]
FamousRomaflamenco dancersCarmen Amaya andLa Singla were born in the neighborhood. In addition,Los Tarantos, anacademy award-nominated film about flamenco starring Amaya, and featuring Singla, was filmed in Somorrostro in 1963.[5]
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