Sitges under the lordship of the Pia Almoina Historical milestone · Sitges, Garraf, Barcelona Image of Sitges, not of the place itself. In 1342 the town passed into the hands of the Pia Almoina, a charitable institution of the cathedral of Barcelona, which exercised the lordship for almost five hundred years. It appointed bailiffs and collected dues until the abolition of the seigneuries. siglo XIV Photo: Anefo (CC0) What to see and do in Sitges