Today, Girona is one of the richest cities in Spain and, as in the case of any modern European city with older roots, has stretched far beyond its early, walled confines to contemporary urban sprawl. There is no knocking at gates or having them closed with guards at night.
The population has changed again. Though when Münzer was in Girona there were few, if any Muslims (and those probably servants) and no Jews in the call, so recently famous as a center of Kabbala studies. Now there are jewish bookshops and Jewish tours, but few, if any Jews. As for the "Moors," there is indeed a large population of mainly North African Muslims, as well as immigrants from further south in Africa. People are always on the move.
The medieval sections have, of course also been modified. Any moderately open space is crowded with cafés. As is the case everywhere in Europe, Tourism rules in the summer.
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