A magic story written onto the street

Carrer d'Estruc is a good place to learn Streetours' basic rule: signage is evidence that somebody displayed a story, not automatic proof that the story happened exactly as written. The street name itself is old and documented from the fourteenth century. The esoteric plaques and narratives about Astruc Sacanera, magic and the pedra escurçonera are a much later public layer promoted by Ricard Bru. Look for the plaques and the unusual symbols around the street, but keep two questions separate. When was this street named? Much earlier. When was this particular magical interpretation turned into visible urban storytelling? Much later. The tension between those answers is the point.