Casa Barral Museum

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Museu Casa Barral, Calafell

Barral House is an old fishing shop, located on the seafront, where the poet lived and publisher Carlos Barral. It is one of the few preserved architectural elements of seafaring Calafell. It emphasizes the wood balcony in the Canary Islands both in Barral liked since I was a child ( "Calafell was the myth of childhood feliz" he said). Were many writers who visited or settled in Calafell in the second half of the twentieth century, including Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Juan Marse.

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Telephone
+34 977 69 90 11
Mobile
+34 647 75 15 69
Email
casabarral@calafell.org
Address

Paseo Marítimo Sant Joan de Déu, 18
43820
Spain

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Category
Unique lives and traditions
Advance booking
No
Languages of attention
Spanish

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The Castle of the Holy Cross is a fortified area from the medieval period, first documented in 1037
The Museum is located in the original installations of the steam locomotive depot of Vilanova i la Geltrú, some railway constructions done between the

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