Old public library of Sant Andreu de Palomar

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Old public library of Sant Andreu de Palomar

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The Modernista building at number 12 C/ Santa Marta, a little, cosy street, has a style similar to that of Puig i Cadalfach. Years ago it used to house the local library.

Cultural heritage

Joan Clapés officially opened the Sant Andreu Public Library in 1913, with some 10,000 books in his manor house along Carrer Santa Marta. The library was plundered by anarchists of the CNT (National Labour Confederation) and FAI (Iberian Anarchist Federation) on the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. We can still admire the Catalan Art Nouveau building today, designed by Joan Torras i Guardiola, which used to house the library by .

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