Good value for money Ideal for rainy days Recommended for couples Free entry Recommended for large groups Child-friendly Hidden gems Recommended for thrill-seekers Honeymoon destination Adventure the little house, the father died and then the mother died. After that, the daughters were usually placed with their godparents. Mònica went to Barcelona city centre, to a street off Las Ramblas; Angeleta went to Igualada; and Madrona went to Can Figuerola where she lived. They were only in La Clota for a short time." Later she worked at Can Gresa also as a caretaker, and Angelina, Maria Àngels Segura's mother, was born there in 1926. Years later, the family opened the Bar Madrona, located at the current Avinguda Elies Pagès, number 8. "The bar was very small, with an ice fridge, and the postman would leave the mail there," says Segura Prat. Lifelong residents Pere Vila has been a resident of Sant Genís dels Agudells his whole life and, at 87, has an extraordinary memory. He describes episodes from its history with great detail. He was born in 1928 at La Miranda, a farmhouse that no longer exists and was located a bit further up from the Maria Auxiliadora centre. He was the fifth of nine siblings and recalls childhood as a difficult time "because there were many of us at home, and we earned very little. As a child, I had to work, to earn my keep, as my father, who was a gardener, a true artist, used to say. When there was no work, I helped at home. My mother sold things; she'd take a basket of figs and go to Plaça Lesseps. My father went to sell in Horta; he had a cart and a small donkey." He adds: "We were hungry at home. We didn't eat what we wanted, you know! Once, my father brought home a bar of Jijona nougat and broke it into eleven pieces – for the nine siblings and the parents – and rather than eating it, we'd suck on that little piece." The first year of the Civil War (1936-