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Around 1880, the painter NICOLAS ALFARO, of Canary Island origin, bought a piece of land where he built a Swiss-style tower-house, the “masovers” house, a romantic garden and the water distribution...

Modernism is a European trend that in Catalonia acquires its own personality, finding one of the main ideals in the desire to be modern. It appears in a period of splendor that implies a will to...

Sant Andreu de Llavaneres became an important summer destination and second home, taking advantage of the privileged location of our town near the sea and the mountains. These families enjoyed a long...

Another of the properties he rented was the house at 58 Munt Street. Francisco Morera, son of the town, went to Barcelona to learn masonry, and when he finished, the first order he made was the...

Can Farnés was owned by Juan Farnés i Farnés, a doctor of medicine and surgery. This house is the result of the unification of several neighboring houses. The architect Ramon Maria Riudor, cousin of...

Built by the architect Josep Coll i Vilaclara, it was owned by Mateu Serra, dedicated to the wine business in Allela, which explains the existence of a cellar with a separate entrance in the lower...

Ca l'Utzet was owned by Mr. Vidal, dedicated to the industry. He had three daughters. One of them was married to a pharmacist from Lloret named Frederic Utzet, which is the surname by which the house...

Can Terrés was the second residence of Magdalena Terrés and her son Ramonet. Later on, the house was rented to several tenants and finally, in 1991 Leopoldo Ortega-Monasterio (president of the Spanish...

Within what was the property of Joan Farnés, is located Ca La Conxita Farnés, today known as Can Muntanyès. It was established in the current street called Pintors Masriera, in 1910.

At first it was...

In 1925, Francesc Serra i Serra requested a renovation, which was carried out following the project of the architect Josep Guardiola.

Several elements of the façade stand out, such as the...

The current building of the museum was a large farmhouse of three bodies of the 18th century known as Can Cassany. On the main doorway is engraved the date 1774.

In the second half of the 19th...

From the esplanade of the Museum we can see the Torre Gran, built by Antoni Serra i Feliu, an industrialist from Vilassar.

The name "Torre Gran" was given by the people of the village because of its...