Obelisk of El Cinc d’Oros

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Obelisk of El Cinc d’Oros

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The history of the Cinc d’Oros obelisk between Pg de Gràcia and Av de la Diagonal has been as convulsive as the country’s. It has reflected every political change.

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23 metres high and erected in 1936, the obelisk pays tribute to Pi i Margall and the republicans. It was crowned by a female figure symbolising the Republic which was replaced with an imperial eagle during the Franco dictatorship. As a joke, it came to be known as “la plaça del lloro” (parrot square).
It is also known as “la plaça del llapis” (pencil square) or “el cinc d’oros” (the five of ‘golds’), because there were originally four circular pavements around a larger one that reminded people of this playing card in the Spanish deck.
The lights that lit up the obelisk were by Pere Falqués – who designed the lampposts and benches in Passeig de Gràcia – and are now in Avinguda de Gaudí.

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