«Enderrocament de la muralla del Mercadal»

Antonio J. García Asensio
1901 ca.
Gelatine POP
17x22 cm
CRDI. Col·lecció Ajuntament de Girona

The turn of the twentieth century, and following the same process that was already underway in other Catalan cities, saw the first demolitions of the defensive structures that made growth impossible in a city, where the population lived crowded together in horrendously insanitary conditions.