Font de la Portaferrissa
Font de la Portaferrissa stands beside the Rambla, where Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter begins among narrow streets and historic buildings. The wall-set fountain sits near the Boqueria Market, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and Plaça Reial.
The original fountain appeared in 1604, then moved here in 1680 beside the former Porta Ferrissa. For centuries, residents gathered here for water, while an eighteenth-century stall sold anise and sweetened water nearby. The medieval gate later disappeared, but this public landmark preserves its connection with Barcelona’s former walls and early Rambla.
Joan Baptista Guivernau created the surrounding ceramic mural in 1959. Colourful tiles show eighteenth-century daily life, Catalan crafts, Saint Josep Oriol, and the Ter and Llobregat rivers. Two figures hold scrolls marked “aigua potable”, while “renaixement de les aigües” recalls the city’s modernised water system.
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