Placeta de Charlot
Party wall area | 175m2 (aprox.) |
Estimated construction cost | 900€/m2 |
The Verdun neighbourhood, located in the Nou Barris district in the north of the city, is a working-class residential area bounded by Parc de la Guineueta, Via Júlia and Ronda de Dalt. One of the first settlements in the neighbourhood was the Barriada de Charlot, built at the beginning of the 20th century on the site of the current Placeta de Charlot. Those first workers’ dwellings were replaced in the 1960s and 1970s by the current residential buildings, giving rise to the present-day neighbourhood. The square is named after a colourful local, Carmelo Tusquellas, one of the first developers of the initial residential buildings in the area, founder of a neighbourhood association, and also famous for his circus performances in which he imitated Charlie Chaplin’s popular Tramp (known as Charlot in Catalan and Spanish) character.