VILA-MUSEUM PAU CASALS

In 1910 the famous cellist Pau Casals (1876-1973) had what he considered a vacation villa built on the seafront promenade of Sant Salvador. The house later passed into the hands of the architect Antoni Puig i Gairalt, who renovated and enlarged it, adding a splendid music room and a garden. Despite his decision to live there full time, the composer, a convinced democrat, was forced into exile when Franco came to power. Nevertheless, together with his wife, he decided to open his villa and his personal estate to the public by creating the Pau Casals Foundation in 1972. The house was transformed into a museum and inaugurated in 1976, three years after the artist's death. It was closed in 1996 for renovations and reopened in June 2001. Nowadays, one can walk around this unique place, from the bedroom - where Casals' original objects and scores are kept - to the music room and the documentary space. There is a very large artistic collection and some very beautiful audiovisuals. A stop in the beautiful garden is also recommended. It is worth noting that the museum took advantage of the pandemic - during which it was kept closed - to give itself a facelift both inside and in the gardens. Reopened since the summer of 2022, the new museographic proposal revolves around the humanism of the musician and the presentation of his music through original recordings. To be discovered!