[6] In the middle of the process, in January 1927, Nebot resigned as director of the works, because the council rejected his intention to place in the upper part of the square a pavilion with a colonnade decorated with female sculptures.

[7] A public competition was organized in 1927 to decorate the square, with a jury made up of politicians and municipal technicians and a representation of the main artistic entities of the city.

[8] Ninety projects were presented, of which the allegorical groups of Wisdom and Work by the Oslé brothers were chosen to appear in front of the Ramblas; three allegories of the Catalan provinces (Barcelona, by Marès; Gerona, by Parera; and Lérida, by Borrell) —the one of Tarragona was commissioned out of competition to Jaume Otero—; 16 stone statues for the colonnaded pavilion designed by Nebot, with works by Viladomat, Tarrach, Clarà, Llimona, Casanovas, Dunyach, Navarro, Arnau and Gargallo; and 12 statues and high reliefs for the niches in the square, by the artists Llimona, Navarro, Arnau, Tenas, Duran, Monjo, Gargallo, Alsina, Tarrach, Renart, Rebull and Soto.

However, because of the "notorious difference in style with the rest of the square" the works of the last five were finally rejected in March 1928, and replaced by others by Monjo, Marès, Otero, Parera and Borrell.

[10] Originally there was also in the square the group Niños cabalgando sobre peces (1928), by Frederic Marès, a fountain with water jets and four of the figures indicated in the title, which was moved in 1961 to the intersection of Gran Vía and Rambla de Cataluña.

Finally, the work entitled Marinada or Danzarina, by Antonio Alsina, was placed in the gardens of the Umbráculo, in the Santa Madrona de Montjuic promenade, in this case because it was a female nude that was not seen with good eyes by the prevailing morals of the time.

On the other hand, some of the works were mutilated, such as the first version of the Tarragona de Otero group —currently on Avinguda Diagonal—, which presented an integral female nude that had to be covered with a drape on the pubis, while a naked angel on a dolphin was eliminated.

Since 1929 the sculptural ensemble of the square has remained practically unchanged, with the exception of the transfer in 1961 of the Fountain of the children riding fish, or the replacement in 1982 of the Goddess by Clarà by a copy, since the original was placed in the lobby of the Casa de la Ciudad.

In 2008 works were carried out by the company RUBATEC to remodel the pavement surrounding the square, the mosaic that houses in the center and improve access by adding ramps.

On the mountain side, where the small temple designed by Nebot was to be located, a terrace was installed at a slightly higher level than the rest of the square, where the eight statues chosen from the sixteen originally planned for this place were placed, all in stone, located on pedestals or on the railings of the terrace, four facing the mountain (Maternity, by Navarro; Young Woman, by Dunyach; Shepherd with the Flute, by Gargallo; and Navigation, by Arnau), and four facing the sea (The Forger, by Llimona; Woman with Child and Piccolo, by Viladomat; Female Figure, by Casanovas; and Youth, by Clarà).

Finally, in the southeast corner of the square, facing the Ramblas, was located inside a pond The goddess by Clarà; next to it was placed in 1991 the Monument to Francesc Macià by Subirachs.