Cau del Cargol

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The Cau del Cargol Shells of the World Museum is a museum containing a large private collection of shells; it is situated in Vilassar de Dalt. The collection includes over 16,000 worldwide species of mollusc shells, from marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats. The museum was created in the year 1950, when its founder Jaume Bot i Arenas, started to exhibit his own collection to the public. Later he expanded his collection by acquiring other people's collections. He was able to reunite the collections of several different naturalists; material that had been collected from 1850 to 1983. ()

Coordinates: 41°31'0"N, 2°21'27"E

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Cau del Cargol – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Premià de Mar Textile Printing Museum, Can Marfà Knitwear Museum, Argentona Water Jug Museum, Mataró Museum.

1.9 miS
History museum, Fashion museum, Museum
Premià de Mar Textile Printing Museum, Premià de Mar
50 min walk • The Premià de Mar Printing Museum, located in the old gas factory of the town, is a museum dedicated to explaining the history of textile printing in Premià de Mar and all of Catalonia. It is part of Science and Technology Museum of Catalonia and the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network.
4.9 miE
Museum, Fashion museum
Can Marfà Knitwear Museum, Mataró
126 min walk • The Can Marfà Knitwear Museum, located in Mataró. Part of the Mataró Museum it is devoted to the knitting and hosiery industry. It is situated in one of the three-storey warehouses of the former Marfà factory in Mataró, the most important Knitted fabric factory in Spain before 1936.
3.4 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Argentona Water Jug Museum, Mataró
87 min walk • The Argentona Water Jug Museum, founded in 1975, is located in a building which opened on 20 July 2000.
4.8 miE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Mataró Museum, Mataró
123 min walk • The Mataró Museum is a museum in Mataró, in El Maresme, with a central office in Can Serra, a fortified Renaissance building dating back to 1565.
1 miSW
History museum, Museum
Premià de Dalt Museum, Premià de Mar
26 min walk • The aim of Premià de Dalt Museum is to compile, study and disseminate the rich heritage of Premià de Dalt to be found in archaeological, archival, architectural and urban elements.
2 miE
Museum, Maritime museum, Art museum
Vilassar de Mar Municipal Museum, Vilassar de Mar
52 min walk • The Vilassar de Mar Municipal Museum is a local museum in Vilassar de Mar comprising two facilities: The Marina Museum, focusing on local history and placing special emphasis on its connection with the nautical world, and the Monjo Museum, which tells the story behind the legacy of Vilassar de Mar sculptor Enric Monjo.
4.1 miE
Ruins, Vernacular architecture
Roman villa of Can Llauder, Mataró
105 min walk • The Roman villa of Can Llauder is a Roman site near Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Built in the first imperial period and remodeled at the beginning of the 3rd century AD, the villa had a rich decor of marble and mosaics, with traces of stucco and paint.
~930 ftN
Museum, History museum
Vilassar de Dalt Archive-Museum, Cabrils
5 min walk • The purpose of the Vilassar de Dalt Archive-Museum is the conservation and dissemination of the archaeological, architectural, historical, natural and cultural heritage of Vilassar de Dalt and its environment.
3.2 miNE
Area
Argentona, Mataró
82 min walk • Argentona is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the granite Litoral range, to the north-west of Mataró. The town is both a tourist centre and a notable horticultural centre.
5.3 miSW
Area
Montgat, Barcelona
136 min walk • Montgat is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Badalona and El Masnou, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a dormitory town for Barcelona.
5.2 miSW
Town, Area
Tiana, Barcelona
133 min walk • Tiana is a town situated in the east of the Province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain, near the Mediterranean Sea. Its people are called tianencs in Catalan, and tianenses in Spanish. The population in 2014 was 8,314.