Ensanche-Pontevedra City Centre
Ensanche de Pontevedra | |
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Neighbourhood of Pontevedra | |
 Sagasta Street, inaugurated in 1893 in the Ensanche area | |
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| Coordinates: 42°25′47.9″N 8°38′34.8″W / 42.429972°N 8.643000°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| City | Pontevedra |
| Postal code | 36001, 36002 |
The Ensanche of Pontevedra is the neighbourhood that forms the centre of the Spanish city of Pontevedra, made up of several successive extensions to the city outside the old town. The term Ensanche means " widening " in Spanish and refers to the expanding areas of Spanish cities towards the end of the 19th century, when the demographic explosion and the industrial revolution led to the demolition of the old city walls and the construction of new areas outside the old fortified walls.