If it were possible to travel to the past, one would have to visit Els Petits Encants first. In fact, it would be essential. The shop in Basses de Sant Pere in Barcelona, run for twenty years by Francesc Raich i Puig, is a true institution in the Ribera neighborhood, an emblematic, beloved space, an oasis, a watchtower, a place to get lost for hours. All at once. Everything is objects from the past, as is the custom in these fascinating and fabulous places we call encants.