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Town hall

The town hall is located in the main square of Santa Coloma: Plaza de la Vil.la.This building is quite big and his apparences answer to the alterations it has been through the years.

It was built in the XIX century, modified by Josep Alemany Juvé in 1943 and again in 1982.On his facade stands out the central body, with arches over the main door and three openings on the first floor, which lead to a balcony with a wrought-iron railing.

Above it you can see the shield of the town , a clock and a bell with a metallic structure.

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Can Mariner

Can Mariner is an 18th-century farmhouse with later additions Its name comes from its 19th-century owner, Francesc Salvatella, called the Mariner.

It consists of a central body on the ground floor and first floor and a three-story tower, with asymmetrically distributed windows.

In 1985, it was restored by Xavier Valls and a square was built around it. It is currently the headquarters of the Civic Center of the neighbourhood of the same name.

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The city has many shops around it with awesome shop windows.

You can buy as many things as you want. Depending on what you prefer, you should go to a district or to another.

The main square is called Plaza de la Vil.la and around it you can find cafes, restaurants and amazing shop windows such as the one we show you in this photo.

In this picture there’s a local shop where they sell custom paintings made by themselves.

Even so you can also shop in the big and awesome mall: La Maquinista. It has more than 242 stores and it’s the biggest mall in Catalonia and one the biggest ones in Spain.

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Casa dels Nins

The Casa dels Nins , is next to the Plaza de Manelic.

It was built around 1931, with all its external decoration in relief and with images of children. During 1987, an addition was made respecting the volume and the existing lines of decoration.

The most notable elements are the reliefs that adorn the façade, the semicircular pediments, and the window sills and, especially, the upper cornice, which presents a whole series of symbolic or allegorical themes of all kinds, made by an unknown author.

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Molí d’en Ribé

This mill is related to the large stately estate of the Balldovina Tower. It is named after its owners in the 18th century, the Riber family. The mill was used to grind grain from the surrounding fields, which increased over time and led to the enlargement from four to six millstones in the 16th century to cope with this increase in cereal production. During the first third of the 20th century, electricity was introduced in our territory, and it is believed that this mill was adapted with an electric motor and, perhaps, it could even produce electricity for the manor or for the village.

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Can Peixauet

Can Peixauet is an old farmhouse close to the river Besòs

The origin of the construction is dated to the twelfth century. In the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, it was renovated and expanded to reach its current appearance.

The last renovation to this day took place in 2001 by the architects Miquel Espinet and Antoni Ubach.

The farmhouse consists of a rectangular prismatic volume of three floors with a central tower.

The south façade is made of squared stone at the bottom, while the other façades are made of stuccoed brick imitating a cladding following the decorative structure it had in the 19th century.

The roof of the main body is flat and passable, while the central tower is covered in the form of a flat tile pavilion with four gables.

Inside the building stand out the slabs of wooden beams and arches.

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Balldovina Tower

The Balldovina Tower has a museum inside the building.

The building has undergone several transformations over time: it was a defence tower in the 11th century, an agricultural building in the 14th century, a manor house in the 18th century, and, finally, the summer residence of the family of the writer Josep Maria de Sagarra. In 1972 the tower was acquired by the City Council and since 1987 it has housed the Municipal Museum and the city's Historical Archive.

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Al Manelic

Al Manelic is a monument made by Joan Gironès Casas. Its inauguration was in 1926. It’s made of bronze, and and it measures 2.5 meters high.

It is formed by a shepherd feeding a small lamb located on its legs. Accompanying the ensemble is a small standing dog. The sculpture is placed on a fountain.

Inspired by the protagonist of the work Terra Baixa by Àngel Guimerà. For this reason, it can be considered a tribute to the playwright Àngel Guimerà (1845-1924). In 1984, it was restored and in 2014, as a result of some works, the high pedestal on which it was located was removed and placed almost on level ground.

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Old Safareig

The remains of the old wash house are located in the centre of Montserrat Roig square. The development of Montserrat Roig square in 2006 respected the remains by creating, at pavement level, two glass elements on platforms with a ceramic finish that allow both the covering and the observation of the old washhouse.

The wash house, very close to the centre of Santa Coloma, was used by the residents of Singuerlín, Fondo and the rest of the village.

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Sagarra Market

The place is secluded as if it did not want to stand out, a construction by the architect Josep Alemany completed in 1934, a two-story building with rounded corners where stone and brick are combined with glazed tiles with a clear message: “Mercat”.

Around this market, there are small shops and a bar with a terrace that is linked to its commercial activity.

It is a rectangular building in the center of a square. It has an axial arrangement, with four doors that correspond to the streets that lead to it. There are ceramic signs and Art decorative elements.