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which has a spirited medallion portraying St George and the Dragon. Inside the palace,
there's a beautiful first-floor cloister with superb coffered ceilings, while opening off this are
the chapel and salon of Sant Jordi (St George, patron saint of Catalunya as well as England)
and an upper courtyard planted with orange trees and peppered with presidential busts. In-
cidentally, the enclosed Gothic bridge across the narrow c/del Bisbe - the so-called
Bridge
of Sighs
- is an anachronism, added in 1928, though it features on many a postcard of the
“Gothic”quarter.ItconnectstheGeneralitatwiththeformercanons'housesacrossthestreet,
now used as the official residence of the president.
Asidefromtheguidedtoursonalternateweekends,theGeneralitatisalsoopentothepublic
on
DiadeSantJordi
, or Saint George's Day (April 23; expect a 2hr wait), as well as
Diada
Nacional de Catalunya
(National Day, September 11) and
La Mercè
(September 24).
