The market square

This neoclassic style arched square was created following the pattern of Plaça Mercadal

Built around 1876, Plaça de Masadas is named after the owner of the surrounding lands, the lawyer, provincial councillor and Spanish Parliament senator, Pacià Masadas i Teixidó. He gave his lands to the City Council and his nephew, Josep Enric Coll i Masadas, coordinated their urbanisation with the Council. A covered market was built and the area’s farmers used to sell their products at stalls outside. In the early 1990s the market, by then in a state of disrepair, was pulled down and the square restored, as an open space surrounded by porticoes supporting old blocks of flats that give the square the village look it had always had.

Antique toy market

An antique toy fair used to be held there but now it has moved to the remodelled Plaça de l’Assemblea de Catalunya. It is organised by the Agrupament Ferroviari de Barcelona and held on the first Sunday of every month.