A square with history

Plaça del Pi is well known for its church and the pine tree standing in its centre. The façade of the basilica, with its simple lines, houses an enormous rose window, the biggest one in Catalonia. The bell tower is 54 metres high and decorated with Gothic arches. The interior of the church is austere, with a central nave flanked by side chapels, one of which is owned by the city’s retailers’ guild, which has a building in Plaça del Pi, just in front of the church, on the corner with C/ Petritxol. It is home to the oldest sgraffito in the city, dating from the seventeenth century. In the square is another house worth stopping to look at: the 14th century Congregació de la Puríssima Sang building. Notable features include a Renaissance door and a row of pillared arches on the top floor.

A bohemian square

The area around the Plaça del Pi is frequented by bohemian artists, particularly painters, who display their paintings in the square off to the side, Plaça Sant Josep Oriol. Plaça del Pi is also well known for the Food Crafts People Collective Fair, offering stalls packed with delicious products every first and third Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the month.