Pre-industrial barcelona

Strolling through the neighbourhood of La Clota is like walking along an practically rural setting frozen in time, and very different from the Barcelona that most people know today. Its residents are the children and grandchildren of farmers, the common washerwomen of Horta and traditional artisans – marble workers, carpenters, locksmiths, etc. Here, time has passed at a different pace, and its distance from the city centre has allowed the preservation of a pre-industrialisation lifestyle.

The water of la clota

The streams of Sant Genís, Les Catorze Plomes and La Genissa flowed through the La Clota neighbourhood. This brought about the installation of a large number of water systems, such as wells, fountains and drains, which made agricultural production possible in the area, supplied the city and enabled the public laundries to be established.