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Capellades Municipal Cemetery
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The cemetery is located at the top of Molar or Mulá hill, with the entrance facing north in the middle of a wooded area. It can be reached via a road that winds along the northern slope of Mulà hill, starting from Font Cuitora Park. The enclosure is rectangular in shape with a north-south axis. In one of the latest extensions, the gate of the first fence was incorporated into the current enclosure, leaving the two stone pilasters supporting a wrought iron element bearing the date ‘1858’, corresponding to the date of construction of the cemetery, isolated. The axis of the gate coincides with the axis of the chapel. The old space, known as the ‘old cemetery’, is divided into two rectangular areas. In the central part of the first area are the chapel, two side mausoleums and several graves of notable figures from Capelladino. The sides are closed off by a series of four rows of niches with semicircular arches and covered with Arabic tiles on one side. The central body is formed by three chapel-pantheons. It is a rectangular enclosure with a north-south axis. In one of the last extensions, the doorway of the first fence was incorporated into the current enclosure, leaving the two stone pilasters supporting a wrought iron element bearing the date ‘1858’, corresponding to the date of construction of the cemetery, isolated. The axis of the doorway coincides with the axis of the chapel. The old space, known as the ‘old cemetery’, is divided into two rectangular areas. In the central body of the first, there is the chapel, two side pantheons and several graves of local figures. The sides are closed by a series of four rows of niches with semicircular arches and covered with Arabic tiles on one side. The central body is made up of three chapel-pantheons. It is an interesting funerary complex, notable for its two historical areas, one dating from 1858 and the other from the 1910s-1920s. The former contains the tombs of the town's wealthy families, while the latter is notable for its unique arcaded porches protecting the niches.1858
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La Divina Pastora
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The convent, with a rectangular floor plan and flat roof, is made up of another, taller body added at the back, also with a flat roof and, in addition, the chapel building, to one side and also facing the main façade. All the walls are plastered (in some areas the stone underneath can be seen). The windows are emphasised by a semi-circular moulding (except for those at the back of the first and second floors). The entire cornice, which is undulating at the back, rests on a large number of corbels. The chapel has a sort of pediment at the end. It has a semicircular rose window and above the door a plastered semicircular arch forms a sort of tympanum. The roof is not visible. It was built in 1862 on the site of the straitjackets of the brotherhood of Sant Sebastià. As early as 1858, the second community of Capuchin tertiaries of the institute of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd, dedicated to teaching and founded by P. Josep Tous i Soler (1811-1871) from Igualada, was established in Capellades.1862
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Plaça Verdaguer
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La Plaça Verdaguer és la principal de la localitat i el centre del nucli històric, presidida per l'església parroquial de Santa Maria. Està limitada amb edificis d'habitatges i comercials, de diferents èpoques; alguns de construcció molt recent. Es tracta del primer espai públic que es va formar a la població, entorn del qual es va anar desenvolupant la vila, i ha esdevingut al llarg dels segles el centre econòmic, religiós, social, cultural i lúdic de Capellades. Des de l'Edat Mitjana la “Plaça de Missa” es va convertir en el primer eix urbanístic de Capellades. Existeixen diferents explicacions sobre el seu origen, vinculat a la sagrera creada al voltant de Santa Maria. Aquest nucli va anar adquirint certa fisonomia durant els segles XII i XIII. A la plaça, a més de l'Església, es van establir les principals famílies del municipi. La plaça ha anat canviant al llarg dels segles. Les reformes més importants i que donen fesomia a la plaça foren els enderrocs i noves construccions de finals del segle XIX i finals del segle XX.second half of the 19th century
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Buenos Aires Villa
Rectangular building, isolated and surrounded by a garden. It is one of the few Noucentista buildings that remain in Capellades. It has a semi-underground floor, a ground floor and an upper floor. The compositional symmetry of the façade is one of its characteristic features and is marked by the arrangement of the openings, all vertical and with the same segmental arch frame. The most notable element is the stepped coping that culminates the front and rear façades. Also noteworthy are the wrought iron railings with a curved profile. Access to the house is via a terrace and a staircase aligned with the axis of the doorway and the fence of the site, and they are delimited with artificial stone balustrades. The fence is made with a masonry base covered with stone pieces, crowned with a gable roof. Cast iron railings rest on the pilasters, crowned with spherical hydrias. The entrance has two wrought iron leaves. Albert Castellví Torroella had ‘Villa Buenos Aires’ built between 1910 and 1911. Castellví, like some of his brothers, emigrated to Argentina at the end of the 19th century, specifically in the 1880s. After making several trips to Catalonia, in 1910 he decided to register as a resident of Capellades for the construction of his new house.1910 - 1911
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Ca l'Ernest
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The tower has a rectangular floor plan, two storeys and an attic with a gable roof. The front and rear façades are symmetrically composed with two axes, with vertically proportioned openings closed with bars with vertical bars, finished with a solid gable with a broken and undulating profile. The longitudinal façade is composed of three axes with framed vertically proportioned openings. The balconies are protected with railings with vertical bars. The façade ends with an eave supported by corbels. On the side façade, there is a very large terrace delimited by a balustrade railing. The house is surrounded by a garden and a wooded area that reaches the road, where there is an access gate. Some time ago, the Bartrolí family planted 100 fruit trees. It was built in 1912 by Ernest Asbert i Soler, a Jamaican-born toy merchant who had a shop on Barcelona's Portaferrissa street called ‘El Nilo’. The surname Asbert is one of those that are repeated among the colony of holidaymakers who arrived in Capellades at the beginning of the 20th century.1912
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Cal Baldufes
Isolated building with a double T-shaped floor plan, surrounded by a large garden. It is one of the few remaining Noucentista houses in Capellades. It consists of a ground floor, first floor and attic. It is covered by a gable roof and the glazed tiles are arranged in the form of fretwork and decorate the roof. A central, perpendicular body juts out from the rest of the roof. The gables of the central body end with curvilinear decorative motifs, very characteristic of Noucentisme. The façades stand out for their symmetrical composition and the inclusion of architectural elements and decorative motifs of a classicist nature: the Ionic columns that frame the entrance and support the balcony with a baluster railing and the sgraffito on the façade. The glazed ceramics used on the cornices of the openings, as well as on the enclosing wall of the entire estate, are also noteworthy. This stately tower was built by Josep Guasch i Orts, son of Isaac Guasch, an important textile industrialist from Capellades. He bought several adjoining plots of land between Carrer Garbí and the present-day Abat Muntades to build a new building.1917
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Central Building Guasch Hermanos i Tanca
The textile factory is made up of several buildings. The Noucentista complex is made up of the dyeing building (built between 1920 and 1922 by the engineer Andreu Oliva) and the weaving building (built by Domènech Sugrañes, 1926-1929), as well as the rationalist-style clock tower that connects them, which is an architectural landmark in the landscape of the historic centre. The complex is made up of rectangular structures with rectangular windows and a rooftop. The enclosure is closed off by a brick wall covered with a wrought iron grille with geometric motifs. The Guasch family introduced manual cotton looms in 1859 and mechanical looms in 1899, and in 1913 they were already working with electrified looms. The factory chimney was built by the Capellades builder Josep Vives Salvadó. During the Spanish Civil War, the weaving section was destroyed.1920
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Capellades Slaughterhouse
A building with a ground floor in the shape of a double-height T, with a gable roof with Arabic tiles. The facing is covered in stucco except for a stone plinth that runs around the building, and the corners are defined by pilasters of stone blocks. The construction has a symmetrically distributed structure. The main façade is crowned with a pediment with a broken profile that incorporates a coat of arms. Entrance doorway with a porch of square columns. Other decorations such as bull's heads can also be found at the top of the walls. There is a perimeter wall around it, which defines a courtyard. The interior has been preserved as it was and has the same gabled roof. Tiles are used as an ornamental element. It preserves the utensils (for hanging animals, etc.) from the same period in which it was built. The developer of this building was the Town Council of Capellades and the builder was Arturo Vidal Blanch.1928
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Marquès de la Pobla School Group
The school building is isolated and consists of two identical structures, each with two floors and a hip roof, with two hydrias on the ridge. Originally, each one was intended for boys and girls separately. Both structures are joined by another structure with a ground floor and a rooftop. The roof structure is made of reinforced concrete with formwork on which the wooden beams and trusses rest. The façades are stuccoed, with the window lintels decorated with sgraffito geometric and floral motifs. The façades contain Noucentista elements: on the east and west sides of the classroom blocks there is an entrance portal protected by a porch covered with Arabic tiles and supported by two columns with Doric capitals; the south side has a porch with three columns and Ionic capitals and is crowned with the coat of arms of Capellades. The driving force behind the construction was Balbina Mas i Santacana, Marchioness of Pobla de Claramunt, who handed the school over to the local council after its inauguration on 14th May 1933. The building was extended in 1970 and restored in 2000. The architect Sugrañes finished his degree in 1907, but did not obtain his title until 1912. He was Antoni Gaudí's assistant on the Sagrada Familia and became the director of the works after his death in 1926. The first project for a state school in Capellades was undertaken by Jeroni Martorell Terrats in 1923, but it was never built.1933
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Ca l'Artigas
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House with a rectangular ground plan and a flat floor with a quadrangular-based tower attached to it and, at one of the long corners, a rectangular construction added later with a single-slope roof. The main façade is crowned by a stepped façade offset on one side (the one next to the tower). This façade has some ornamental motifs. The tower is covered by a hip roof, forming a barbican with a row of blue, yellow and white tiles on the top, representing daisies along the four sides. It also has two pointed windows on the main façade and on one of the sides. The house dates from the first quarter of the 20th century.first half of the 20th century
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Guasch House
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The Guasch family home is one of the most significant buildings in Capellades. It is located opposite the Guasch factory, on the other side of the street. It is a stately building, with a ground floor and two upper floors, surrounded by a large garden and a perimeter wall and a very sumptuous wrought iron fence. The building, with a rectangular floor plan, has an architecture and aesthetic similar to neoclassical palaces. The façades show a symmetry in their composition as well as notable classical elements. The façades stand out for the location of the double-height porches that are located on the central axes of each one. They are formed by columns and semi-columns with Ionic capitals on the front and back façades, and Tuscan capitals on the side façades. The whole building has a flat roof, bordered by a balustrade interrupted by solid sections that act as a pedestal for the Ionic columns, supported by a cornice on fluted brackets. It has polychrome leaded glass windows in the openings on the first floor. The garden fence is also of special interest, consisting of two very sumptuous structures linked by the large gate.20th century
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Guasch Hermanos Old Factory
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Building built with exposed brick on a slope and made up of four rectangular structures with gabled tile roofs (in each structure), and another smaller construction as an annex with a shed roof. The windows are framed by exposed brick pilasters. The building has a ground floor and first floor. The roof is crowned with balls. The windows have segmental arches. The Guasch factory is documented in the 19th century. This family introduced manual looms in 1859 and mechanical looms in 1899. By 1913 they were already working with electrified looms and the industry expanded its activity into spinning and dyeing.