New contributions on the Casa Gralla’s façade and courtyard

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Materia2014.8.7

Keywords:

Casa Gralla, Renaissance, Torre Pallaresa, August Font i Carreras, Francesc Soler i Rovirosa

Abstract

This study aims to present more information about three of the least explored and seldom addressed aspects in the historiography of Casa Gralla: the original stones still extant in Torre Pallaresa, in Santa Coloma de Gramenet; the decoration of the Renaissance façade, from the original drawings by Francesc Soler i Rovirosa, which were thought to be lost but were recently discovered; and the 1907 project by August Font i Carreras to adapt the Marquise of Brusi’s new house to the courtyard of Casa Gralla, which Font i Carreras had already relocated to her property in 1882.

Author Biography

Judith Urbano, Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

Doctora en Història de l’Art. Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaGrup de Recerca GRACMON,

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