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Ribas Trust
Download date: 19/12/2024
Designed by the architect Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia, the Ribas Trust, also known as the Ribas Orphanage, is a Noucentista building in Sant Genís dels Agudells.
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Cultural heritage
The orphanage at can besora
The current Vall d’Hebron secondary school is located in the former Can Besora estate, the farmhouse that gave its name to the land between Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron, the former Sant Genís road, and the Collserola stream. It was demolished in the 1920s. It had room for 800 children, though it never housed more than 200, but it operated as an orphanage right until the beginning of the 1970s, after which it was auctioned off. Thanks to the local-resident action requiring the building to be used for education, the City Council eventually bought it and converted it into a secondary school.
A building ahead of its time
Sagnier designed the orphanage-school following the Montessori method. It was a building ahead of its time, with large, well-lit study rooms, laboratories, a cinema, an infirmary and even X-ray equipment. It closed in 1972 and was about to be demolished, but the local residents prevented it. It continues to house students today and is listed in the municipal catalogue of protected buildings.
Location and contact
Location and contact
Ribas Trust
- Address:
- Pg Vall d'Hebron, 93
- Districte:
- Horta-Guinardó
- Neighborhood:
- Sant Genís dels Agudells
- City:
- Barcelona
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