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Walking Tour

Carrer d'Espolsa-sacs

Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

📜Name means 'shake out the sacks'
⛪Friars wore rough sackcloth habits

Wander down Carrer d'Espolsa-sacs, where medieval friars once leaned from convent windows to shake the dust from their coarse habits. The everyday ritual stuck, giving this Gothic alley one of Barcelona's most peculiar names.

curious street name
Gothic Quarter walk
history buff spot
narrow medieval lane

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