The Salesian sisters from the Order the Visitation of Holy Mary founded a convent in Barcelona in 1874. Eight years later, they commissioned Joan Martorell i Montells – an architect who taught Antoni Gaudí and hired him as a draftsman – to build the Salesas Church in a Neo-Gothic style. Parròquia de Sant Francesc de Sales is located on a street named Paseo de San Juan.
