Palau Foundation

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Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum

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The Palau Foundation is an art exhibition centre in the centre of Caldes d'Estrac, in the region of El Maresme. It was opened in May 2003, to exhibit and disseminate the art collection that had been compiled by Josep Palau i Fabre, as well as its archives and library. Of particular importance is its archive and bibliographical collection on Pablo Picasso. The Palau Foundation is part of the Catalan Art Museums Network and 'Espais Escrits', the Catalan Literary Heritage Network. ()

Local name: Fundación Palau Coordinates: 41°34'16"N, 2°31'39"E

Location

La Riera, 54Caldes d'Estrac 08393 CataloniaSpain

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+34 937 91 35 93

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Palau Foundation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lluís Domènech i Montaner House-Museum, Can Marfà Knitwear Museum, Santuari del Corredor, Mataró Museum.

3 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Lluís Domènech i Montaner House-Museum, Canet de Mar
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4.7 miSW
Museum, Fashion museum
Can Marfà Knitwear Museum, Mataró
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4.5 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Santuari del Corredor, Dosrius
114 min walk • The Santuari del Corredor is a 16th-century hermitage within the municipality of Dosrius, Spain. The building is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, but takes its name from the Corredor hills in the Natural Park of El Montnegre i el Corredor.
4.8 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Mataró Museum, Mataró
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3.3 miNE
Architecture, Forts and castles
Castell de Santa Florentina, Canet de Mar
84 min walk • The Castle of Santa Florentina is an 11th-century medieval castle in Canet de Mar, Catalonia, Spain. It was built on the foundations of an Ancient Roman villa by Guadimir de Canet. In the 16th century, it passed into the hands of Dimas Muntaner.
4.2 miSW
Church, Baroque architecture
Hermitage of St. Simon, Mataró
106 min walk • Hermitage of St. Simon is a small Spanish parish church located in the east end of the Royal Road, in the faubourg of Havana, in the municipality of Mataró, comarca of Maresme. Dating to 1611, the seaside chapel is well-known along the Catalonia coast. It has a single nave in keeping with ancient seafaring tradition.
5.5 miSW
Ruins, Vernacular architecture
Roman villa of Can Llauder, Mataró
142 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.
1.2 miNE
Natural history museum, Fashion museum, Museum
Arenys de Mar Museum, Arenys de Mar
30 min walk • Arenys de Mar Museum is a museum in Arenys de Mar, Spain. It is made up of two different sections: the Marès Lace Museum and the Mollfulleda Mineralogy Museum, and it also conserves and exhibits the collection from the old Arenys de Mar Fidel Fita Municipal Museum.
2.1 miW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Sant Andreu de Llavaneres Archive Museum
54 min walk • The Sant Andreu de Llavaneres Archive Museum, in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, is located in Can Caralt, an 18th-century farmhouse converted into a manor house in the second half of the 19th century. Can Caralt also houses the municipal archives.
1.1 miNE
41°34'41"N • 2°32'46"E
Cementiri de Sinera, Arenys de Mar
28 min walk • View point, Cemetery
5.1 miSW
41°32'1"N • 2°26'33"E
Col·lecció Bassat. Nau Gaudí. Mataró, Mataró
130 min walk • Museum, Art museum, Art gallery