Roger de Llúria street, between Aragó and Valencia. A portal gives access to a mini-paradise, a haven of peace and climate. Because there the bustle of the Eixample breaks when entering the Gothic cloister of La Concepció. It was moved together with the church of the same name at the end of the 19th century from the Jonqueras convent, located until then in what is now the homonymous street with Urquinaona square. They were accompanied on this trip by the bell tower of the old church of Sant Miquel. Today they all make up a traveling Gothic group in the block between Aragó, Roger de Llúria, València and Bruch.
The cloister, rebuilt somewhat smaller than the original, is a kind of oasis in the middle of the traffic and activity that prevails outside. In the center, a peaceful garden complemented by the soothing sound of water from a fountain. The church has been a basilica since 2009 and is protected as a cultural asset of local interest.
The Jonqueras convent was founded in 1269 to house the nuns of Santiago. In the 17th century, it began a process of decline that was consummated with the confiscation of the 19th century, when what happened to have hospital, military and correctional uses. In 1868, the revolutionary authorities that emerged from La Gloriosa proposed its demolition to facilitate urban improvements in the Urquinaona area.
The church and the cloister were saved from the pickaxe when it was decided to reuse them in the construction of a parish church on the site where today stands in an Eixample that was beginning to take shape after the demolition of the walls. The first floor of the cloister and the new church, moved stone by stone, were inaugurated in 1871. Later, a second floor was added to the cloister.
The complex was completed with the bell tower of the church of Sant Miquel, which was located next to the Barcelona City Hall in the square of the same name. The church was demolished at the end of the 19th century to expand the town hall.
