Built at the end of the 19th century at the heart of La Sagrera, Plaça de Masadas is one of the few porticoed squares still left in the city. There was a covered market there for much of the last century but it was pulled down in the 1990s and the square reopened to the public.
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.
Urban spaces
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Sant Andreu
la Sagrera
- Address:
- Pl Masadas, 1
- Districte:
- Sant Andreu
- Neighborhood:
- la Sagrera
- City:
- Barcelona
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