Modernist building in Gironella, Cal Bassacs.

Els Bassacs: Location and surroundings of this property

Gironella is a municipality in the south of the Berguedà region that grows on both sides of the Llobregat River, this being crossed by the C-16 road that connects Barcelona with the Cerdanya. The municipality of Gironella hosts four industrial colonies, from north to south: Cal Bassacs, Viladomiu Vell, Viladomiu Nou and Cal Metro. Each of these colonies has the characteristic elements that define them: factory, housing, church, tower of the master, etc. thus forming a set of important architectural legacy, not only for the city, but also for the region and the industrial past of Catalonia. The historical nucleus of the population is developed in a hill where the most remarkable buildings are: part of the old wall, the city council, constructed on the rest of the medieval castle, the church and, also some ancestral home of famous Gironella characters. These include the old house of the Bassacs family, which later founded the colony that bears his name. In the center of the town there is the old church of Santa Eulalia, dating from the thirteenth century. On the outskirts of Gironella there is also a hermitage dedicated to San Marcos, it is an 18th century church and a single nave attached to a large rock where you can see remains of other previous constructions. Gironella also has other monuments of non-ecclesiastical nature, among which we highlight the remains of the Romanesque bridge of San Marcos, which was also used for the "salt road". We can not forget either, the towers of the owners of the factories, of which we highlight the one of Viladomiu Nou, and the one of Cal Bassacs.