Guillem Sagrera: The man behind Palma’s Gothic merchants’ hall

In the 15th century, architect and sculptor Guillem Sagrera was commissioned to build a place for Palma’s merchants. The result was La Llotja, close to the waterfront, where the city’s traders could go about their business under a ceiling that still makes people stop and look up.

A building for people doing business

Explore the area in our Palma Old Town guide.

Follow the columns

Inside, the slender stone columns twist as they rise, opening out into the ribs of the vault. We’d put La Llotja near the beginning of an Old Town walk. It gives you a sense of what maritime trade meant to the city and leaves you with a detail to spot in every photograph you take inside.

Further reading: more on Guillem Sagrera.

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