Barcelona Field Studies Centre

Aerial map overlays show Sitges coastal changes 1945-1956

Sitges Coast 1956-7 1956-7
Sitges Coast 1945-6 1945-6
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Source: Fotoplànols de ciutats catalanes (1945-1966), Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya


These overlays show the evolution of the Sitges coastline between 1945 and 1956.

This tool is based on photogrammetric flights carried out by the Air Force of the United States, 1945 and 1956 (copyright US ARMY Map Service, provided by the Ministry of Defense (CECAF / CEGET) in collaboration with the Spanish Air Force) and the current image made by the ICC and Geological Survey of Catalonia (now reusable under licence CC-BY).



Sitges Coastline Changes 1945-2016

Sitges Coastline Changes 1956-2016

Eye of Time: Sitges Coastline