{"id":269,"date":"2018-07-07T23:14:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T21:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcelona.traba.org\/?p=269"},"modified":"2018-07-14T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T08:00:54","slug":"children-playing-in-the-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barcelona.traba.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/07\/children-playing-in-the-square\/","title":{"rendered":"children playing in the square"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we were to choose a single site in Barcelona, this would surely be Pla\u00e7a Sant Felip Neri. Maybe it’s because our children’s school is here, but the plaza has a special charm.<\/p>\n

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Until about 5 years ago no tourist visited it despite it is next to the Cathedral. But recently too many groups have found it. There were so many people they had to close it during the school yard hours so the children could play quietly (the square is the school playground!).<\/p>\n

In summer, many people visit it too. We believe that your best shot is to go as late as possible, and if it is already much better at night. There will be fewer people, and the lit square is beautiful. If you can be alone, the atmosphere is very special.<\/p>\n

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You will see that has a medieval look, but in reality it is not. His story is really tragic. During the Middle Age there was a small cementery. In the 18th century the church and the plaza were built. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Barcelona was bombed repeatedly by the Italian fascist aviation (we talk a little more about it in this other post<\/a>). On January 30th, 1938 one of those bombs fell on the square, killing more than 40 children who had taken refuge in the church.<\/p>\n

All the buildings were destroyed except the church itself. Even today you can see the holes that caused the shrapnel from the bomb on the wall. Our children play there every day.<\/p>\n

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The other buildings that you see with an old look were placed there in the late 1950s, just like the fountain. The two buildings had been dismantled stone by stone and stored in warehouses. They are traveling buildings! One comes from the Via Laietana (you can read more on this other post<\/a>) and another was on a street in front of the cathedral that was destroyed in another airstrike. Our children’s school is precisely in these two buildings.<\/p>\n

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Therefore the square is not medieval, but it is still beautiful. Our children could not go to school in a better place.<\/p>\n

To go to the square from home you can go through the neighborhood of El Call, which is where the Jews lived in the middle age. The Christians destroyed it in 1391, as happened with many other Spanish Jewish neighborhoods. The neighborhood is very beautiful, with many narrow streets: Sant Domenec del Call, Marlet (there is a synagogue), Fruita, Sant Ramon del Call, Sant Honorat, etc. It is a good way to start or end the visit to the square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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