{"id":190287,"date":"2026-02-13T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/?p=190287"},"modified":"2026-02-14T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:19:28","slug":"did-you-know-santa-eulalia-searching-for-vanished-traces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/did-you-know-santa-eulalia-searching-for-vanished-traces\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know? Santa Eulalia, searching for vanished traces&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ferran Garc\u00e9s<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190259\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-santa-eulalia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-santa-eulalia.png 378w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-santa-eulalia-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona has two major festivals. The summer one is La Merc\u00e8, and the winter one is dedicated to its other patron saint, Santa Eulalia. This year it will take place from February 12 to 15, and the celebration will bring together a whole series of activities around its two most significant spaces of memory. First, the Cathedral of Barcelona, where the saint\u2019s tomb is kept along with the famous thirteen geese symbolizing the thirteen martyrdoms she suffered; and second, Baixada de Santa Eulalia Street, the setting of one of those torments. In fact, it is around these two spaces that the festival of Santa Eulalia will be celebrated.<br \/>\nBy contrast, there will be little bustle in a third space, one with less memory: the place where the young martyr was born. Today, as in the past, this place, far from the city center, has always been a quiet spot, but today, moreover, it is a forgotten place. Only a few indirect testimonies recall it. Let us get to know them, let us recover them!<br \/>\nThe first is <em>Santa Eul\u00e0ria: poemmet<\/em>, a book by Jacint Verdaguer, published in 1889. In it, the poet refers to Santa Eulalia as \u201cthe maiden of the Desert\u201d and adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When from the Desert the next day she went forth<br \/>\nShe said she would return<br \/>\nTo turn the forest of Sarri\u00e0 into a garden;<br \/>\nThat she would be your gardener,<br \/>\nOh flowers of Bellesguart and Vallvidrera<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The allusion to the flowers of Bellesguart ending in &#8220;t&#8221;, as it was spelled then, is explained by Verdaguer in other poems (see: a poetic garden). Now we hae to askk ourselves which\u00a0is this desert to which the young saint, described as a gardener, wishes to return? Well, this peculiar place is\u2014or rather, was\u2014a space that the generation of Verdaguer and Gaud\u00ed was the last to see, though already greatly in ruins; the space where the legend begins, according to the legend itself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A gardened desert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Various sources describe it as a paradisiacal environment. Why, then, is its name \u201cDesert of Sarri\u00e0\u201d? In the past, this was the word used to describe convents located in uninhabited places in remembrance of hermits, such as Saint Jerome, who had retreated into deserts to lead a meditative life. However, these places, far from cities, were usually surrounded, as Verdaguer writes, by \u201cwoods\u201d and \u201cgardens.\u201d That of Sarri\u00e0 seems to have been especially picturesque (1).<br \/>\nIn this \u201cdesert,\u201d cradle of the young saint, a chapel was built in 1463, and around it grew a convent dedicated to her, which was active between 1578 and 1835. It was run by Capuchin friars. The landscape must have been magnificent. It is said to have been surrounded by fields and \u201ca mystical garden full of trees and clay figures alluding to human fragility and the greatness of the spirit\u201d (2). The following engraving gives an idea of the peace of that picturesque setting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190263\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190263\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190263\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.-Santa-Eulalia-03a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.-Santa-Eulalia-03a.jpg 450w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.-Santa-Eulalia-03a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.-Santa-Eulalia-03a-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.-Santa-Eulalia-03a-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cConvent of Santa Eulalia, views from the Desert of Sarri\u00e0.\u201d Engraving published in the book: Voyage Pittoresque et Historique en Espagne (1806\u20131820), by Alexandre de Laborde. Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, the existence of that convent is recalled only by the name of a couple of urban roads, Desert Street and Santa Eulalia Promenade, as well as a residence for the elderly called the Desert of Sarri\u00e0 Institute. The residence has a welcoming little garden, but nothing compared to the splendor of the \u201cmystical garden\u201d of the past. As we were saying, although already in ruins, the last Barcelonians to see it were the generation of Gaud\u00ed and Verdaguer. The poet, in fact, died very close to it, in Vil\u00b7la Joana, a stately home now converted into the present-day Verdaguer Museum. The following photograph dates from that time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190267\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190267\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Un_carro_de_cavalls_i_un_nen_3.-davant_la_capella_de_Santa_Eulalia_del_Desert_de_Sarria__avui_desapareguda_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Un_carro_de_cavalls_i_un_nen_3.-davant_la_capella_de_Santa_Eulalia_del_Desert_de_Sarria__avui_desapareguda_cropped.jpeg 476w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Un_carro_de_cavalls_i_un_nen_3.-davant_la_capella_de_Santa_Eulalia_del_Desert_de_Sarria__avui_desapareguda_cropped-300x297.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Un_carro_de_cavalls_i_un_nen_3.-davant_la_capella_de_Santa_Eulalia_del_Desert_de_Sarria__avui_desapareguda_cropped-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Un_carro_de_cavalls_i_un_nen_3.-davant_la_capella_de_Santa_Eulalia_del_Desert_de_Sarria__avui_desapareguda_cropped-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cA horse-drawn cart and a child in front of the chapel of Santa Eulalia of the Desert of Sarri\u00e0, now disappeared.\u201d Frederic Bordas i Altarriba (1897), source: AFCEC<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sor Eul\u00e0ria, the protector of Pedralbes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Gaud\u00ed\u2019s time, many medieval buildings were in a state of serious decay. Some, such as that of Santa Eulalia in the Desert of Sarri\u00e0, had their days numbered. By contrast, that of Pedralbes would survive. Its savior was Merc\u00e8 Anzizu i Vila (1868\u20131916), an orphaned young woman raised by her uncle, Eusebi G\u00fcell (1846\u20131918), the well-known patron of Gaud\u00ed. Since Verdaguer was part of the count\u2019s family circle, the poet met the young woman during some of his stays with the G\u00fcell family. Later, she, like Verdaguer, became a nun and a poet. The two then established a heartfelt friendship, of which letters and poems are preserved (3). In the following photograph we can see the young woman before entering the convent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190271\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.-sta-eulalia.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"833\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.-sta-eulalia.jpeg 833w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.-sta-eulalia-300x174.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.-sta-eulalia-768x446.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.-sta-eulalia-600x349.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1889, the same year that Verdaguer published his book on Santa Eul\u00e0ria, as he calls her, Merc\u00e8, at just 20 years of age, entered the monastery of Pedralbes, where she would die in 1916, at the age of 48. As a religious woman she chose the name Sor Eul\u00e0ria Anzizu and became the first archivist and historian of the monastery. One of her books is titled <em>Santa Eul\u00e0ria of Barcelona. Virgin and Martyr<\/em> (1911). Furthermore, the niece of Count G\u00fcell donated all her wealth to the community of sisters in order to restore their new home. The architect chosen was Joan Martorell i Montells (1833\u20131906), one of the professors with whom Gaud\u00ed had worked when he was still a student and the person who, once Gaud\u00ed had graduated, recommended him to the board of the Sagrada Familia. Next we will speak of a couple of projects developed years later, when Gaud\u00ed was already an established architect. Once again, the name of Santa Eulalia is associated with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The unfinished chalet on the former Santa Eulalia Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1904, while building Torre Bellesguard, Gaud\u00ed began the Graner chalet, commissioned by Llu\u00eds Graner i Arruf\u00ed, a painter friend of his and an entrepreneur in the world of entertainment (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/the-neighbor-of-the-chalet-with-a-bird-door-and-a-cinema\/\"><em>the vanished neighbor<\/em><\/a>). The chalet was to be located opposite the Piarist Schools, on Santa Eulalia Street, no. 40, now called Immaculada Street, nos. 44\u201346. This means a five-minute walk from Torre Bellesguard. Unfortunately, due to the painter\u2019s financial problems, the architect was only able to build the gate, which included three doorways, the smallest of which was for birds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190275\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.-porta-ocellsFF_012863.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.-porta-ocellsFF_012863.jpg.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.-porta-ocellsFF_012863.jpg-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A never-built bridge dedicated to Santa Eulalia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, in 1906, Llu\u00eds Graner, together with other neighbors, commissioned Gaud\u00ed to design the Pomaret Bridge, which, like so many other projects by Gaud\u00ed, was never carried out. Had it been built, this bridge would have been, like the chalet on Santa Eulalia Street, very close to Torre Bellesguard (see:<a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/bridges-and-viaducts-gaudi-the-urban-planner\/\"> <em>Gaud\u00ed, engineer and urban planner<\/em><\/a>). It was to be an immense bridge, with columns 15 meters high. One of its singular features was the prayer that was to run across its entire upper surface: \u201cPray for us, pray for us.\u201d Numerous crosses of Santa Eulalia, interspersed between each word, would have accompanied the prayer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-190279\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-Pont-del-Pomaret-detall-1-1536x736-1-1024x491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-Pont-del-Pomaret-detall-1-1536x736-1-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-Pont-del-Pomaret-detall-1-1536x736-1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-Pont-del-Pomaret-detall-1-1536x736-1-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-Pont-del-Pomaret-detall-1-1536x736-1-600x288.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.-Pont-del-Pomaret-detall-1-1536x736-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Editorial staff (consulted on 9\/02\/2026), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monestirs.cat\/monst\/bcn\/bn02capu.htm\">\u201cConvent of the Capuchins of Sarri\u00e0,\u201d<\/a> Monestirs.cat<\/p>\n<p>(2) Calpena i Marcos, Daria (2010), \u201cReport on the surface survey and study of the impact on cultural heritage (archaeological, paleontological and architectural). Vallvidrera tunnel widening project,\u201d Barcelona, p. 4<\/p>\n<p>(3) Bernal Creus, M. C. (2013), \u201cJacint Verdaguer and Eul\u00e0ria Anzizu,\u201d in: <em>Eul\u00e0ria Anzizu. Poet, Archivist and Historian<\/em>, Ed. Eumogr\u00e0fic, Barcelona, pp. 107\u2013119. See too: \u00a0Aixal\u00e0 i F\u00e0bregas, C., Bernal i Creus, M. Carme, Castellano-Tresserra, A., (2018), <em>Dones Silenciades. El llegat de Sor Eul\u00e0ria Anzizu (1868-1916) al Monestir de Pedralbes<\/em>, Ajuntament de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ferran Garc\u00e9s Barcelona has two major festivals. The summer one is La Merc\u00e8, and the winter one is dedicated to its other patron saint, Santa Eulalia. 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