L'Umbracle

Probably reading and working in the slatted shade inside, on the walls or the cool floor, around midday in summer, with slacklining on the grass strip north of it on fine afternoons; locals, students and a mixed crowd.

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Reading or working the low walls and the stone floor inside the slatted shade house

By midday in July the lawns are unusable and people move inside the shade house instead — on the low walls, or flat on the cool floor under the slats with a book or a laptop.

localsstudents middayafternoonsummer

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Informal sport the grass strip between the plane trees on its north side

Slackliners tie between the same two plane trees on the strip north of the shade house on fine afternoons. The line goes up first and people sit along the grass waiting a turn.

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