La Marina C. Roger de Flor Introduction Can Balmanya omi ne s Can Planiol Ca l'Adroher Sailing and C. Tobella C or n s an er nautical schools Simo Jo f From the end of the eighteenth century and all throughout the nineteenth, Catalonia's econ- C. rro Ga Abat Deās, 30 Abat Deās, 23-25 els u omy experienced resurgence thanks to trade with America. In 1756, the Crown authorized C. Pa . d ra Barcelona permission to send ships to America; in 1765,Ctra Av Cla Pl. Tocar . dtrade e Sa with the West Indies was nta This building from 1910 is by architect Ignasi Mas This property was built in 1875. Featuring stately, From the nineteenth century onwards, ships were built with iron and steel. Catalonia had Sa llo Ferro nt C ani opened up to new ports; and in 1778, Spain's King Charles III signed riā free trade decree. ebthe C. . Ma nz Morell and was commissioned by Ramon Planiol for dignified neoclassical architecture, it is a ground- a booming wooden boat building industry, which were manufactured or repaired in the C rest his brother Josep. This was the manor home of the floor two-storey building with a flat roof. The shipyards, located in the ports or on the beaches. These boat builders were known as ship ou Ermita de r Fu Colonial trade consisted of exporting manufactured goods to America and importing raw Ctra. C. N Docto Planiol family, where Ramon lived as a child with his property is dominated by a large balcony with carpenters. Sant Pau Av. materials for its industries. Ships loaded with coffee, sugar,Camp de and cocoa returned Vella tobacco parents, before becoming a carpentry shop. They three exits clearly inspired by neoclassicism due from America, and textiles, wine, brandy, dried fruit and paper Futbol C. s Pl. Torrent Club were exported from Catalonia. Jo eā Arrosser Nāutic Pl. de la rebuilt what was already there. to their arrangement, proportions and moderate At that time, crossing the Atlantic was a hard, risky and perilous voyage. Although iron and an tD Punta decoration. The corners of the faįade are outlined ar M ba steel made ships safer and more reliable, the storms and hurricanes that formed over the La C. A ag C. A Why did Catalans emigrate? Rie bat De al The house is a sample of modernist architecture with granite stone slabs taken from the Palace of ocean, which there was no way of predicting at the time, turned the crossing into a dange- ra ās l There were two major classes of emigrants: those fleeing economic hardships who were out in the style of Mas Morell's first period, with a very the Marquis of Alfarrās building in Barcelona, as are rous affair. The ships transported goods to sell to America, as well as the crew, passengers Església de Ajuntament of work, and those leaving to earn more money for their businesses. Of the first category, Sant Jaume Ma r ornate faįade in which colour is the most striking the frames and areas of the windows and balconies. and provisions to feed them. Pavelló de many left when phylloxera arrived in rural areas of Catalonia, an insect that devastated the Poliesportiu ola t feature. Blue, red and white, dotted with maroon The back of the building has a domed circular watch local vineyards. Parc de ons blooms, cover the entire frontage. Interestingly, on tower topped with a comb. C. C