Arbúcies Route
Arbúcies boasts a combination of the heritage buildings commissioned by its wealthy summer residents, who were drawn to the quality of life offered by this valley located between the Montseny and Guilleries massifs, and those commissioned by the wealthy owners of country and forest estates. As such, the town centre contains several noteworthy examples of architectural heritage.
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- Can Badés (pg. Mn. Anton Serras, 9). Large farmhouse refurbished in the late 19th century. The most noteworthy features are two semicircular gazebos with large windows and Ionic columns, and a chapel. Today it is a restaurant. There are public gardens to the rear of the building (Mongé Park), where Santiago Rusiñol, who spent his summers in the town, found inspiration for some of his paintings. Veure ubicació aquí (41° 49′ 06″ N, 2° 30′ 26″ E)
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- Can Bosch (c/ Camprodon, 59). This was the summer residence of the owner of the Anís del Mono anisette liqueur factory and is the most important modernist building in Arbúcies. Its main features are its windows with mixtilinear lintels and, in particular, the quarter-moon window on the first floor. Private. Veure ubicació aquí (41° 48′ 56″ N, 2° 30′ 59″ E)
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- Caixa de Pensions (c/ Camprodon, 28). This is a classical-style building, with triangular pediments and moulded cornices on the main façade. Ground floor: branch of La Caixa savings bank. Veure ubicació aquí (41° 48′ 56″ N, 2° 30′ 56″ E)
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- Granja Royal (c/ Camprodon, 35). The most important features of this three-storey modernist building are the sgraffiti on the façade and the stepped lintels of the windows. Private.Veure ubicació aquí (41° 48′ 57″ N, 2° 30′ 56″ E)
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- L’Hospital (c/ Santiago Geli). Founded by the Sisters Hospitaller in 1941, the large three-storey building boasts a polygonal gazebo in front of the entrance and moulded water drips above the windows. Private. Veure ubicació aquí (41° 49′ 03″ N, 2° 30′ 54″ E)
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- Les Magnòlies (pg. Mn. Anton Serras, 7). Detached house dated 1871 which combines classical elements on the ground floor with the oriental style windows on the upper floor. Restaurant.Veure ubicació aquí (41° 49′ 08″ N, 2° 30′ 30″ E)
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- El Roquer (c/ Santiago Geli, 1). Large manor house of mediaeval origin, refurbished in the 20th century, decorated with sgraffiti and motifs in relief on the façade. Each of its three storeys boasts distinctive features: gallery of semicircular arches on the ground floor, continuous balcony on the main floor and windows with diminished arches on the upper floor. Private. Veure ubicació aquí (41° 49′ 02″ N, 2° 30′ 52″ E)
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- Can Xacris (c/ Santiago Geli, 2). Large manor house that combines neoclassical and mediaeval-style elements. Distinctive features include its large overhanging eaves, the decorative motifs on the lintels and surrounds of doors and windows, and a four-storey corner tower. Private. Veure ubicació aquí (41° 49′ 01″ N, 2° 30′ 52″ E)