Castanyer House

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Torre Catanyer is a discreetly camouflaged stately home in the Sant Gervasi neighbourhood, between Pl de John F. Kennedy and Pl de la Bonanova.

Cultural heritage

The collectivisations that took place during the Civil War also affected the properties of the wealthy and the nobility; the Duchess of Moragas’ house became the property of the provisional Government of Catalonia. Antonio Machado found refuge here after his stay in the Hotel Majestic, and it was here that he continued to write for La Vanguardia newspaper. The articles Machado wrote from the Castanyer House were to be his last works; leaving the house in January of 1939, he headed into exile in France, where he died a month later, just across the border in Cotlliure.

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