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In the early twentieth century, the developer of Chilean origin Francesc Artigas i Solà, carried out the urbanization of some lands from Llefià, according to a draft approved by the City Council in 1912. It seems that Francesc Artigas i Solà, apart from engaging in the estate business, was a publisher and had business relations with Chile. For this reason, many of the names of the streets of the neighborhood were called with toponyms related to Chile, such as Andes, Chile, Santiago, Valparaiso (current Rafael Casanova).
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Some neighbors feared Badalona's declaration of independence because the neighborhood was identified with the title Population Artigas. Although also considered a part of Sant Adrià de Besòs under the name of Artigas Cologne as show some pictures.
Since 1920, the new suburbs began to grow and consolidate, but the houses that were built had little to do with the original plans submitted by the developer of Chile, where he saw small houses with single-and double row of trees. At this time, began to build factories like La Seda, la química de Rovira, Bachs i Macià or storage for business Petroleos-Porto Pi SA.
Artigas: not only citizen movement but also a community
In the 1920s began to emerge the first entities in the neighborhood of Artigas, as Artiguense Football Club in 1920, and La Rosa Artiguense, founded in 1923 and dedicated to choral singing. In the local Artiguense La Rosa also made plays, and dance zarzuelas.
With the growth of Artigas also started the first private school opened in 1926 and national schools for boys and girls, which ran in 1935, and which is reminiscent of teachers such as Pepita Busquets or senyoreta Llagostera.
Other entities that were later formed the Artiguense Cycling Association, the Union Sports Artiguense, the Chess Club and Artigas Excursionista or Section Cultural and Recreational Artiguense.
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Barrio de Artigas (History)
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