Located between Carrer de Lisboa, Avinguda del Cardenal Vidal i Barraquer and Avinguda de l’Estatut de Catalunya, the La Clota neighbourhood is one of the oldest population centres in the district. A former 13TH CENTURY farmhouse, no longer extant, is the origin of this popular site of low houses, workshops and vegetable gardens.
Pre-industrial barcelona
Strolling through the neighbourhood of La Clota is like walking along an practically rural setting frozen in time, and very different from the Barcelona that most people know today. Its residents are the children and grandchildren of farmers, the common washerwomen of Horta and traditional artisans – marble workers, carpenters, locksmiths, etc. Here, time has passed at a different pace, and its distance from the city centre has allowed the preservation of a pre-industrialisation lifestyle.
The water of la clota
The streams of Sant Genís, Les Catorze Plomes and La Genissa flowed through the La Clota neighbourhood. This brought about the installation of a large number of water systems, such as wells, fountains and drains, which made agricultural production possible in the area, supplied the city and enabled the public laundries to be established.
Urban spaces
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Horta-Guinardó
la Clota
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