Old Cannon Foundry

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Old Cannon Foundry

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This building, which used to be a cannon foundry, is next to the medieval shipyards. Following the War of the Spanish Succession, it turned to other uses.

Cultural heritage

Located in an area overlooking the sea, he old foundry symbolises the historical relationship between trade, industry and finances. Standing nearby is the old Altaranzas, a key goods-exchange point in the Mediterranean that had been used for producing artillery at the beginning of the 18th century. The La Rambla building was built at the end of the 17th century to produce cannons, and later, after the Decreto de Nueva Planta, to forge bells. This Neoclassical building would become the headquarters of Spain’s first private bank in 1845: Banc de Barcelona.

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