Plaça de Sant Jaume

Mostly standing and talking in the open middle on weekdays, with nothing here to sit on, and crowds packing in around the human towers built at the edge around midday at weekends.

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Sitting and talking the open middle of the square, between the two façades

There is nothing to sit on here by design, so the square is a crossing and a meeting point rather than a place to stay. People stand in the middle, say what they came to say, and walk on.

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Informal sport the corner in front of the Generalitat where the castellers build

When the colles build here the pinya packs in front of the Generalitat and the crowd rings the edges — get to the square early, because once the base forms you cannot cross it.

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Nearby in El Gòtic

Plaça de Sant Just
Pla de la Seu
Plaça de Sant Felip Neri
Carrer d'Avinyó