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A small, quiet garden is all that
separates the previous building from the Lonja de
Mar, the old commodities exchange. During the period of bustling island
trade, the Lonja was enormously important to the
local merchants. It was built upon order of Jaime I shortly after he
conquered
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Sagrera was unfortunately unable to see his work completed, although today
we are privileged to admire it in all its beauty; a harmonious rectangular
design with small towers at the corners, subtle buttressing, and richly ornamented
portals. Above, an airy open gallery softens, the severe wall lines.
The lovely interior consist of a single room whose
especially high ceilings are supported by a double row of three spiral columns.
These six extremely light, helicoidal columns raise
upward and open outwards in the shape of a palm grove.
