Next to the arch, there is a lowered-arch doorway. Above the arches are the coats of arms of the city. On the first floor, rectangular windows open, also bearing shields, along with a large Gothic window with tracery and columns that displays the city’s coat of arms supported by lions. On the second floor, there are several modern openings. The cornice features stone mouldings. The lower part of the building and the corners are made of large blocks of dressed stone, while the rest of the façade is plastered. Of note is a room on the first floor whose space is defined by a central column. The ground-floor arches contain leaded stained-glass windows and wrought-iron grilles. A sundial is inscribed on the main façade.
Window:
Located on the first floor of the east façade, it corresponds to the Sala de la Columna (Column Hall). The rectangular coronella window has a small sill decorated with motifs serving as drip mouldings.
Vertically, it is divided into three sections separated by two marble columns resting on small bases with volutes and topped with capitals decorated with vegetal motifs. Above them are slightly ogee-shaped arches, whose intrados are adorned with vegetal decorations. The upper part features tracery with five-lobed floral motifs inscribed within circles.
The jambs include Renaissance elements forming interlaced patterns above the sill and moldings that frame the entire window.
Above the window, on a square ashlar block, appears the city’s coat of arms supported by two lions.
The building of the former Llotja (Exchange Hall) stands in the centre of the medieval city. It was originally built as the City Council House. Initially, it consisted of a ground-floor structure with open arcades and a central column, the work of Master Joan Colet. Pladevall dates the construction of the Llotja and its upper hall to 1358, while Junyent places the beginning of the work around 1495. Both authors agree that by the late 15th century, the upper floor was added, featuring the Sala de la Columna with a polychrome coffered ceiling and a beautiful Gothic window by Jaume Cavallers, along with a further story containing a gallery.
The building was expanded in the 16th century with the purchase of neighbouring houses to create facilities for grain storage, the city’s exchange table, and archives. From 1670 onwards, the Casa de la Ciudad was remodeled under the direction of the designer and Carmelite friar Fra Josep de la Concepció. By the late 19th century, there was likely some intervention by a local master builder. Between 1922 and 1931, architect Joan M.ª Pericas carried out renovations and enclosed the porticoes.
The window was the work of the Provençal stonemason Jaume Cavallers, as recorded in the 1509 construction contract.
Although a 16th-century work, it shows many features typical of the Gothic style, along with modest elements of the Renaissance.