The Sant Boi de Llobregat Museum ( ca, Museu de Sant Boi) conserves and carries out research into the

cultural heritage Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soci ...

and historic memory of the town of Sant Boi de Llobregat in

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. The main museum collections are those of Iberian,

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and Medieval archaeological remains unearthed during the different excavations carried out in the town and different ethnographic sources. The museum houses the permanent exhibitions ''Sant Boi. Temps i espai'' (Sant Boi. Time and space) and ''

Rafael Casanova Rafael Casanova i Comes (; 1660 – 2 May 1743) was a Catalan jurist and supporter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as a claimant to the Crown of Spain during the War of the Spanish succession. He became mayor of Barcelona and commander in chief o ...

i el seu temps'' (Rafael Casanova and the times he lived in), as well as different temporary exhibitions. Founded in 1998, the museum is part of the

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and is housed in several buildings: Can Barraquer, Can Torrents, the Roman thermal baths and Benviure tower.

Facilities

Can Barraquer

Houses the Sant Boi de Llobregat Museum since 26 March 2011, Can Barraquer is a 14th-century

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...

in which

, the last Conseller en cap, or head minister, of the

Consell de Cent The Consell de Cent (, meaning in English "Council of One Hundred") was a governmental institution of Barcelona. It was established in the 13th century and lasted until the 18th century. Its name derives from the number of its members: one hundr ...

(Council of One Hundred) of

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, lived and died.

Can Torrents

Can Torrents is a 16th-century

. Formerly the museum's exhibition room, since the opening of Can Barraquer houses the museum's technical services and is the central office of the Municipal Historic Archive.

Roman baths

The

Roman baths In ancient Rome, (from Greek , "hot") and (from Greek ) were facilities for bathing. usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed in great numbers throughout ...

of Sant Boi are the best-preserved private baths from this time period in

. They were built towards the end of the 2nd century, during a period of economic splendour in the

Llobregat The Llobregat () is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain, after the Ter. It flows into the Mediterranean south of the city of Barcelona. Its name could have originated in an ancient Latin word meaning 'dark', 'sorrowful' or 'muddy', or ...

valley, and the bathhouse was fully functional until the 5th century. They were unearthed in 1953 and opened as a museum in 1998.

Benviure tower

The Benviure tower is a Romanesque circular defence tower with walls nearly 2 metres thick; various excavation campaigns have uncovered remains from Iberian and

Medieval times In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. The monument was recently restored and guided visits are given.

References

External links

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Local Museum Network site
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