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Sant Joan Fountain
Public fountain with four spouts and four sinks with a circular base, located in the centre of Plaça de Sant Joan. In the central body a pillar with a square section rises, at the top of which there are plaques showing the date of construction and the coat of arms of the town. The work, of great formal simplicity, is eclectic. It is made of stone.1866
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Torrents i Miret House
The building is on the corner between Muralla dels Vellets Street and Vall del Castell Square. It consists of two bodies, one on the ground floor, two floors and an air chamber under an Arabic tile roof, and another on the ground floor under the roof. The set responds to the formal characteristics of eclecticism. The Torrent i Miret House, built on the initiative of Josep Torrent i Miret, dates from the first stage of 1870, the year in which the initial body of the ground floor and two floors was built. In 1899, a project was presented to reform this part and to build the ground floor and roof, a project that is preserved in the City Council's archive. The construction of the work was directed by the architect Santiago Güell i Grau.1870
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Artigas House
It is a building between partitions intended for multi-family housing and commercial uses. The building is composed of two bodies with an irregular floor plan, differentiated in the façade and in its interior levels: basement, ground floor and three landings. The roof is flat, and the ladder boxes and small complementary sheds protrude. The corridors are perpendicular and parallel to the façades. The rear main staircase has four flights. The load-bearing walls are of common masonry and billet. In the basement there are lowered vaults of bullion. The floors are made of wooden and/or iron beams and flat tile surrounds. The roofs and the stairs are covered by Catalan vaults. The columns and girders are made of metal. The façade is made up of two different sections. One has portals with a lintel on the ground floor, the other has a balcony with a lintel and tribune on the first floor, and there are also balconies with an opening and windows on the second floor and anarched gallery without windows with double columns on the third floor, with capitals and a horizontal band on the column with floral ornamentation. The attic consists of a cornice and a roof rail. The chronology of Artigas House, also known as Tomàs House or Galofré House, presents several stages. In 1872, the house began to be designed, with a ground floor and two floors, in accordance with the aesthetics of eclecticism by the architect Josep Inglada i Estrada. In 1913, the owner Ramon Tomàs i Estalella commissioned a project to refurbish and extend a new floor to the architect Santiago Güell i Grau. The project, presented on April 4, was approved on the 23rd by the City Council. In 1926 the same architect signed the extension of the house and remodelling of the façade. Finally, the ground floor was renovated in 1944.1872
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Figueres Sabater House
Miquel Elias i Güell, Santiago Güell i Grau
Set formed by two formally differentiated bodies, the façade that opens onto Plaça de l'Estació and which has a ground floor and two floors, with an Arabic tile roof on two sides and is a house between partitions and responds to the characteristics of the eclectic language. The building on Miser Rufet Street, attached to the first, consists of a ground floor and a floor, with an upper roof. The most remarkable element of the façade is the grand tribune with floral ornaments and the coat of arms of the three towers. This part of the work is part of the modernist aesthetic. Torres House was built in 1873, in the widening area started in 1865 around the station. In 1901, the part of Miser Rufet Street was added.1873
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Vilafranca del Penedès Cemetery
Complex of a rectangular plan made up of gardens, public chapel, graves and family pantheons. It has an eclectic language with some modernist details. The public chapel, with its eclectic language, should be highlighted, as well as the chapels of the Anton Jané family (Neo-Gothic), the Miret-Abad family, the Via-Oliveros family (Neo-Gothic-modernist) and the Ramon Marimon family. The Vilafranca cemetery was built in 1839 on the site where there used to be a Capuchin convent. The public chapel dates from 1878 and was done by the master builder Raimon Raventós i Queraltó, with reliefs on the façade by the sculptor Ramon Elies. Anton Jané's Pantheon was carried out by Santiago Güell i Grau and the project of the Marimon family was signed by Domènech i Estapà.1878
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Vicenç Mestres House
Building between partitions, with four bays. It consists of a ground floor and a floor, with an Arabic tile gable roof. There is a rear gallery and patio. The doors have trilobed arches. There are reinforced mortar balusters and the use of brick. The architectural language responds to the characteristics of modernism, used in an austere way. The house is located in the wide area formed on the sides of the Sant Martí de Sarroca road, BV-2121, opened in 1881. It is an interesting area in terms of eclectic and modernist architecture.1881
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Casino Unió Comercial
Building between partitions, renovated and extended on several occasions. It retains an interesting social lounge and an eclectic performance hall. The value of this building is that of citizen representativeness. The only interesting element on the façade is the curved balcony on the first floor, with interesting wrought iron work. It has three low arched openings and two side balconies. The Casino is located in the 19th century area that was built up after the demolition of the old medieval wall and was initially occupied by rental flats. It later became an area of leisure, commercial and social activities. The Casino Unió Comercial is an entity born from the merger, in 1918, of the old Centre or Casino de la Unió (1853) and the Industrial and Commercial League. In 1922, the balcony and the arches of the first floor were built in accordance with the refurbishment project of A. Pons i Domínguez, preserved in the municipal archive of Vilafranca.1882
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Suriol House
Isolated building that takes up an entire end of the block. It is located between General Cortijo, Parlament and Ateneu Streets. It has façades on General Cortijo and Parlament Streets, as well as a large garden at the back. The house consists of a ground floor and two floors, with a roof and terrace. There is a rear porch with bay windows opening onto the garden. The unit responds to the language of eclecticism. The house is located on the large 19th century plot that was later linked to Poble Nou. This is the old Post Office building.1884
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Torner i Güell House
Building between partitions, with three corridors, consisting of ground floor, mezzanine, two landings and roof with a turret and a viewpoint. The façade is of exposed brick, with the exception of the ground floor and the mezzanine. It has a symmetrical composition. The glazed ceramic tiles and the roof rail, in moulded ceramic, are interesting elements. In the centre of the façade’s roof there is an 1884 inscription. The Torner i Güell House is located in the 18th century area that was built up after the demolition of the old medieval wall. The house was built on the initiative of Antoni Torner i Güell and directed by the master builder Josep Inglada i Estrada. In the archives of the Vilafranca City Council, two projects dated from 1884 are preserved, one dated August 4 and approved on the 12th of the same month, and another dated November 17, which presents the addition of a new flat, approved two days later. -
Via Raventós House
Building between partitions, with a ground floor and a main floor. It is covered by a gable roof covered with Arabic tiles. The façade has a symmetrical composition. The most remarkable element is the curved balcony, with wrought iron grating and protections. Five doors open to it with simulated pointed arches. The ensemble responds to the formal characteristics of historicism, inspired in this case by the Gothic style. Cal Figarot dates from 1888 and was designed by the architect August Font i Carreras. In the 1980s, its interior was badly damaged. The castellers of Vilafranca rehearse there.1888
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Font dels Alls
autoria desconeguda
Public fountain with lantern at the top. It has a single spout, with attached trough and a central stone column. The set responds to the characteristics of the eclectic language. The Font dels Alls was built in November 1890. The stone and the tap came from the fountain that was previously located at the gate of the disappeared barracks. The trough was previously located on the corner between Carrer de Consellers and Rambla de Sant Francesc.1890
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Berger House
Building between partitions consisting of ground floor, mezzanine, first floor and attic, with a roof covered with Arabic tiles. The crown is supported by corbels of classical inspiration, which establish a compositional rhythm with those of the main floor. The façade is symmetrical and has an identical arrangement of openings on each floor. The formal characteristics of the building are those of the language of eclecticism. The Berger House was built during the second half of the 19th century, in the Eixamplea area which started in 1865 around the station. Initially it consisted of a ground floor and a main floor. In 1897 the architect Santiago Güell i Grau directed the expansion and restoration project, signed on August 6 and approved on the 17th of the same month. This project is preserved in the town's municipal archive.second half of the 19th century
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Olivella House
autoria desconeguda
House between partitions and three corridors. It consists of a ground floor and a main floor, with an attic and a roof. The ground floor has a central door and two windows, one on each side, with semicircular arches and very interesting bars. Three moulded balconies open onto the upper floor. It has an eclectic style. On one of the bars on the ground floor the date 1885 appears, probably the date of the construction of the house. In 1899, the work of extending a floor appears documented, commissioned by Josep Olivella and directed by the architect Santiago Güell i Grau (the project is preserved in the archives of Vilafranca Town Hall). It was presented on April 26 and approved on March 3. -
Meat Market
autoria desconeguda
The Meat Market is located in Plaça de l'Oli, in the corner with Plaça de la Vall del Castell. It is a public building between partitions consisting of a ground floor under an Arabic tile roof. The windows are lowered arches and the entrance portals are semi-circular arches. The composition is symmetrical, the language used in the work is eclectic and the material used is exposed brick. The market was built in 1882 on the site where the Old Theatre (built in 1817, with a capacity for around six hundred people) had been demolished in 1873. This Municipal Theatre occupied part of Plaça de l'Oli, and when the market was built, this space was recovered. -
Trabal i Tauler House
It is a building between partitions with a rear courtyard and with façades to the square and the passage. It is a single-family house in its origins, later adapted to social uses. The property has a rectangular plan and consists of a semi-basement, a mezzanine, two floors and an attic. The roof is partly gabled and partly flat. It consists of four corridors perpendicular to the façade separated by a load-bearing wall. The main staircase has four sections and is attached to the partition. In the hall we find two lowered arches and a central column. There is a covered back gallery that forms the front facing the courtyard. The load-bearing walls are of common masonry and brick. The forge is made of wooden beams and tile surround. In the semi-basement there are lowered tile vaults. The roof is made of Arabic tiles with a structure of wooden beams and slats and tiles. The staircase is covered by Catalan vaults. The main façade is symmetrical and is composed of four vertical axes that correspond to the four corners. The ground floor has four low arched portals. The first floor has two balconies running from two openings with a lintel each, crowned with drip edges. On the second floor there are four balconies of an opening crowned with a cornice. The top of the building is composed of a cornice and flat baluster railing. The rear façade is composed according to six vertical axes with lowered arched openings on the semi-basement and mezzanine floors and with galleries with lintels on the upper floors. -
Pau Feliu House
Building between partitions and five corridors. The three central ones have a basement, a ground floor, two landings and a gabled roof. Both sides have a ground floor, one floor and a roof. The distribution of the façade has a symmetrical composition. The architectural language used is eighteenth-century eclecticism. The house is located in the 18th century area that was built up after the demolition of the old medieval wall. -
Guilamany House
Building between three corridor-partitions, consisting of ground floor, mezzanine, two floors and attic. The roof is of Arabic tile on two sides. The façade has a symmetrical composition. The ground floor has a centrally arched doorway and two rectangular moulded openings at the sides. The first floor shows a balcony and the second three balconies. In both cases the openings are rectangular and followed by classically inspired mouldings. The façade is crowned with a cornice supported by panels. The work is of eclectic language. The construction is located within the fortified enclosure during the First Carline War (Seven Years' War) and among stylistically heterogeneous buildings. -
Amàlia Soler House
The Amàlia Soler house is a house between partitions forming a corner, originally intended for housing and adapted to commercial, public and social uses. The building has a quadrangular plan and consists of a ground floor, mezzanine, first floor and attic under a roof on three sides. The property consists of four crugies parallel to Carrer de la Cort and one to Carrer de Santa Maria. The staircase has four central sections and the loft is attached to the stairwell. There are also some secondary stairs that give access to the mezzanine floor from the ground floor. There is a secondary body with a roof accessible from the main floor. The load-bearing walls are made of stone, common masonry and billet. The floors are made of wooden beams and tile surround. The roof is made of Arabic tiles with a wooden structure and tiles. The scale is back to the Catalan one. The facades are symmetrical and are composed according to 5 vertical axes. The ground floor has portals with lintels, some transformed into windows. The main door is on Carrer Santa Maria. On the mezzanine level there are balconies. On the main floor there is a corner balcony of 2 openings and simple balconies on the rest. In the attic there are twin windows with lintels. The facing of the facade has horizontal bands up to below the main balconies, and a simulated corner. The crowning of the building is a cornice and railing with latticework. The property is located within the historical and monumental center of Vilafranca. Over time it has lost its initial function. It later housed shops and various services (Town Hall offices, school, Municipal Water Service, Vilafranquesa de Gas, S.A., etc.). It houses the headquarters of the Amàlia Soler Foundation. -
Jané House
autoria desconeguda
House between party walls on the corner of Prim and Sant Julià Streets. It consists of a basement and a ground floor with a roof. There are galleries and a garden at the back. The set responds to the characteristics of the eclectic language. Rectangular access door with triangulated pediment, as in the other openings, but in this case with floral decoration. The house is located in the wide area that was formed on the sides of the Sant Martí Sarroca road, BV-2121, opened in 1881. It is an interesting street in terms of the combination of eclectic and modernist architecture. It was later converted into a nursery school. -
Borruell i Panzano House
autoria desconeguda
It is a building between partitions with a backyard. It was originally for single-family use. The property consists of a ground floor, split into a semi-basement and mezzanine, and two floors. It is covered by a gable roof and a staircase body protrudes from it attached to the middle. The staircase, with a Catalan vault and a single section, is attached to the partition and gives access to the main floor. The load-bearing walls are of common masonry. The floors are made of wooden beams and tiles. The main façade is composed on vertical axes with arched portals framed with stone on the ground floor, and a landing balcony on the mezzanine. The openings of the upper floors are linteled and framed with stone. On the first floor we find a balcony followed by two openings, two balconies and a side window. On the second floor there are two balconies and three windows. The cornices separating the different plants are made of stone. The facing of the ground floor is stone cladding. -
Marcet House
autoria desconeguda
Building between ground floor partitions, two floors and an attic, with a gabled Arabic tile roof and terrace. It corresponds to the typology of the mid-nineteenth century Eixample, with the use of an austere language of eclectic architecture with deep popular roots. It has a balcony on the first floor and three balconies (with an opening each) on the second floor. The railings are made of wrought iron. -
Serra i Corominas House
autoria desconeguda
Building between partitions with a rear garden, a ground floor, two landings and a roof. The composition of the façade is symmetrical and features elements that correspond to the language of neoclassicism (posters, capitals, tympanum, corbels, etc.). This house is located in front of the station, in the area of the Eixample that began to be built in 1865, in an environment in a constant process of degradation. It was originally surrounded by side and rear gardens, and there were side galleries with ground floor and one landing. They later disappeared because blocks of flats were built on both sides. -
Carbonell House
It is a building between partitions intended for single-family housing and commercial uses. The property has an irregular floor plan, consisting of a basement floor, a porch floor divided into a ground floor and a mezzanine, and two floors. The roof is flat and the ladder box attached to the partition protrudes. The façade is composed symmetrically on two vertical axes. The porch is of singular height with two intercolumniations, with supports of square section formed by base and shaft with corbels and diamond cushions. Interior façade with curved lines and floral ornamentation. We find a balcony run with an iron railing and blocks matching the pillars of the porch and two fluted jamb openings that link with the abutting balconies on the upper façade. The crowning is formed by a cornice with corbels. The facings on the main floor have horizontal bands and those on the upper floor are stuccoed simulating bricks. -
Solé House
Building between ground floor partitions, three floors and an attic. The gable roof is of Arabic tile on both sides. In terms of style, it responds to the characteristics of the modernist language, present in openings, railings and the barbican. The house is located in the Eixample area of the second half of the 19th century, in the extension of the Rambla de Nostra Senyora.