Description
Located on the far right of the main façade that overlooks Plaça de Sant Jaume is the Saló de la Ciutat. The ceiling is decorated with paintings by Ricard Canals. In 1929, Canals was commissioned to paint the ceiling, which features an allegory of the 18th-century Board of Trade’s motto: “The earth gives us its fruits, and the waves of the sea give us their riches”. Sadly, the painter died before completing the work, and the hall remained unfinished until 1964, when Antoni Vila Arrufat painted a mural on the walls depicting the history of Barcelona. He portrayed the Iberians, the colony of Iulia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino, Barcelona under the Counts, the construction of the medieval cathedrals, Barcelona and the Principality of Catalonia and Christopher Columbus in the Saló del Tinell.
