Carrer del Planeta-Calle del Planeta (Prior to 1880)
Previous names: Eclipse Street, Calle de la Merced
Gràcia District
This tiny street Vila de Gràcia leads from the late nineteenth century the name of the planet, in honor of the stars that revolve around stars. It is no coincidence then that is just off the Plaza del Sol's relationship with astrology this road does not end here, as had previously been called Eclipse.
The street was really crowded in the old village of Gracia It is especially popular in the decade of the 30 when he was a major focus of the republican movement.
Street Historical Timeline of the Planet.
Day On the eve of San Juan in 1883 opened at number 7 on the street planet "Trust Graciense" a candy factory as the newspaper clipping was " ... luxurious lives up to the best of its kind in Barcelona. " This confectionery reached a certain fame in Gracia with popular prices, as the 5 actual copper per pound nougat.
Two years after the candy maker again appear in the press, but an attempted robbery "... as iron doors are lined on the inside, but that failed cause any damage ... " and that things do not change over time. And then warned that the police were overwhelmed.
was not a very quiet street, well theft, fire was also, as we show these cuts from the late nineteenth century. 
Although News had also so curious place to like this that features the exploits of a cheeky lot of care in 1899 or a notice (as in 1910) that shows how it should be the grace of time, in which it notifies that found a goat, as one who finds a stray dog \u200b\u200btoday.
times change and Gràcia like many other English cities suffered in his flesh the harsh African wars. We in 1925, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, opposite the Metro Street is made an offering to the war-disabled. 
A year later, in 1926, was installed at number 16, the headquarters of the Esperanto League for Peace and Love, (Paco kaj Amo in Esperanto)
for dissemination of Esperanto language use and that years later would be closely tied to the anarcho-syndicalist movement Catalan. 
In 1931 the Second Republic was proclaimed, and as a result of these new times were installed in the street a Republican Federal University (in the num11) and later of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya to even attended by the then President of the Generalitat, Francesc Macia. The presence of the University gave the street a clear political commitment. 
In July 1936, just a few days the outbreak of civil war, the Athenian organized a conference of Republican activist Margarita Nelken controversy about his experiences in the Soviet Union. It was a good test environment then. 
The Republican fervor disappeared after the Civil War, the Union Graciense occupy one of the local street and road Metro back to anonymity until many decades later and after the Franco dictatorship. The April 25, 1987 were arrested in an apartment on Calle Planeta several members Red Brigades, a left-wing terrorist group that had convulsed Italy in the so-called "years of lead" and had in its history the kidnapping and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro.
The brigade arrived in Spain during the World Cup in 1982 and since then had created a stable foundation in Barcelona . Their premises were scattered Ciutat Vella, the Gran Via and also especially where floor Grace Street Metro were also about to open a Pizzeria near Rius and Taulet.
the 90 appeared in a music bar called "Nola" in which the group played a few shows outside the commercial circuit. Today
Metro Street is a narrow, quiet road in the neighborhood of Gràcia, but hidden like so many other great, a lot of history.
