The Barbican was named after the word Barbicana meaning a glorified gateway as it was the main Roman gateway into London. The building that is there today was built to replace a severely bombed area in London, which contained housing in the 1200s that belonged to the Jewish community. The idea was to create a space that could easily be navigated, through walkways and tunnels. It was designed initially for upper and middle-class professionals.

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