Coordinates: 41°26′48.26″N 2°12′36.05″E
Balldovina Tower Museum
The Balldovina Tower Museum (Catalan: Museu Torre
Balldovina) of Santa Coloma de Gramenet in Catalonia, Spain, is a
local pluridisciplinary museum, the aim of which is to protect,
conserve, study and disseminate the cultural and natural heritage of
the territory.[1] The museum, which is part of the Barcelona
Provincial Council Local Museum Network, looks after its own
collections as well as the monumental heritage of the town of Santa
Coloma.
Balldovina Tower
Contents
The building
Collection
References
External links
The building
The museum is located in Balldovina Tower, a building that has gone through many transformations over
time: a defence tower in the 11th century, a building used for agricultural purposes in the 14th century, a
large house in the 18th century, and, finally, the summer residence of the family of writer Josep Maria de
Sagarra.[2] In 1972 it was purchased by the town council, and since 1987 it houses the municipal museum
and the city's historic archive.
Collection
Among the collections at the Balldovina Tower Museum, of particular note are Iberian archaeological
materials from the Puig Castellar and Can Calvet settlements, the medieval materials from the En Ribé mill
(a 14th-century flour mill) and Mas Fonollar, and artefacts from agricultural life in rural Santa Coloma. It
also has an important natural history collection.[3]
References
1. Guia de la Xarxa de Museus Locals (in Catalan). Enciclopèdia Catalana Revistes i
Col•leccionables / Oficina de Patrimoni Cultural, Diputació de Barcelona. 2002. pp. 74–75.
2. "Museu Torre Balldovina" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140202104737/http://www.gramen
et.cat/index.php?id=3699&no_cache=1&L=2%2Farticle). gramenet.cat. Archived from the
original (http://www.gramenet.cat/index.php?id=3699&no_cache=1&L=2%2Farticle) on
February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
3. Guia del Museu més gran de Catalunya (in Catalan). Centre d'Estudis i Divulgació del
Patrimoni. 1999. pp. 201–208.
External links
Museum site (http://www.gramenet.cat/museutorreballdovina)
Local Museum Network site (http://www.diba.cat/museuslocals/nouwebmuseus/index.html)
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