Plaça de Sant Felip Neri, Barcelona- a magical place

"The squares ghosts are peaceful ones, however, and in the early evening light of a summer's day there can be no more beautiful spot in the city".


An incredible, tucked away square, with very powerful emotion and mystical air. The rain at the time, echoing through the surrounding streets made the experience of Plaça de Sant Felip breathtaking.

There is an old cemetery that lies underneath the site. During the Spanish Civil War, people were lined up in front of the small church and executed. The front of the church is covered in pockmarks and divots from the splash of bullets. (If you look at the divots and pitting to the right of the doors it is said you can see the pattern of the face of Christ created by the deluge of bullets.) In addition to the executions, a bomb also killed thirty school children in the plaza during the Spanish Civil War. Lastly, Antoni Gaudí was run over and killed while on his way to the plaza in 1928.

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[7ukyRiver]

Yo iba a ese colegio cuando era pequeña...

[Estkling]

¿En serio? Usted es muy afortunado.

[xep1980]

yo tmb iba a ese colegio de pequeño

[Estkling]

@Brambletalon25 Ah, ok, thank you. I am pleased to hear that it gave you some depth of Plaça de Sant Felip Neri's persona. It really is beautifully eerie, especially with the evidence of the executions against the pockmarked church wall... I suppose you really need to visit to be able to experience the earthy quiet of such a small space, with so many stories, in such a noisy city. I hope you manage to do so some day. What a place, eh?

[Estkling]

@Brambletalon25 Oh? What was it? It is used often in film and for photoshoots.

[joanjimenezdotcom]

fantásticamente spoonch ;)

[LovelyGirl46]

I love this place!

[irrynuka]

great place indeed :D

[bellusz]

the best plaace ever!

yday between 3-6am we met there a guy playing guitar 4us..

it was amazing!

[Caliber2400]

i couldn't see the face where is it?