A route through the barri gòtic that covers the commemorative spaces, usually created by the authorities though also by citizen groups and organisations, with an explicit message that calls on us to pay commemorate a famous figure or remember a political, social, cultural or religious event.

Commemorative places are spaces where individual and collective memories come face to face. We refer to ‘places of memory’ because there is a strong complicity in our imagination with the narratives that explain them and which most of us accept. Elements representative of public art are often present, to make these narratives tangible, though they are not the only ones. We also find other, more discreet elements, introduced by less formal groups or collective, but likewise conceived for appealing to individuals with an explicit message. Of course, of all the significant details of public spaces, it is the commemorative ones that are the most controversial. Despite their aim to call on everyone, memorials to a person or event on squares and streets, where they do not go unnoticed, often fail to achieve the unanimity intended by whoever or whatever is promoting them.