Throughout the s. XII begins to form a suburb outside the walls. But it is not until the s. XIV that the boroughs of Sant Feliu and Sant Pere were surrounded by a wall, from the order given by King Pere el Cerimoniós on April 14, 1375, which was completed on September 22, 1389. The portal de la Barca is the only remaining fortification of this work today. The name is probably given by the boat that was there to pass people from one side of the Onyar to the other. In 1685 we have news of the habilitation as barracks of two houses located next to this passage
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