Come shopping for your tomatoes or pop in for Bar Joan at this extraordinary-looking produce market, designed by forward-thinking architects Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue to replace its 19th-century predecessor. Completed in 2005 (sadly after Miralles' death in 2000), it stands out for its undulating, kaleidoscopic ceramic roof, which recalls the Modernista tradition of trencadís decoration. Inside, bustling stalls, restaurants, cafes and bars huddle between twisting slender branches resembling gray steel trees.
On the market's southern side you'll spot the excavated ruins of the monastery that existed on this spot between the 11th and 19th centuries.
