Somorrostro

It is located between the Hospital del Mar and Marina Street, in the far east area of the Barceloneta neighborhood, in the Ciutat Vella district.

[2] During the 19th century and part of the 20th century, the beach, and much of the neighboring beach areas were occupied by a shanty town, inhabited by 15,000 people living in over 2,000 slums.

[3] It was not until the 1966 visit of Spanish caudillo Francisco Franco that the slum removal began.

[5] Famous Roma flamenco dancers Carmen Amaya and La Singla were born in the neighborhood.

In addition, Los Tarantos, an academy award-nominated film about flamenco starring Amaya, and featuring Singla, was filmed in Somorrostro in 1963.