Plaça del Patriarca

Mostly sitting and talking in the shade with a coffee, busiest around weekday middays and largely students; probably empty at weekends and in August, and some people come for exactly that.

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Sitting and talking shaded side of Plaça del Patriarca, by the old university building

One of the few genuinely shaded squares in the centre and it works like a courtyard for the old university — students sit on the edges with a coffee between classes and it hums on weekday middays. At weekends and in August there's nobody there at all, which is exactly why some people go.

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