Mansions

The estate Can Sora was built in 1870 by the commission of Josep Cama Rovira who had recently returned from emigration to Havana.

The interiors of the estate still contain frescoes with romantic stories of sea adventures and southern countries. The front door grid has the initials of the first house owner — JC.

A Begur native, Bonaventura Caner Bataller is a typical indiano: after emigrating to Cuba in 1845, he came back to Spain and built a luxurious Neoclassical house for himself in 1866.

Bonaventura Bataller invested a part of the wealth made overseas into the local production of cork.

Josep Forment Pi emigrated to Havana in 1845 and returned in 1866, immediately commissioning a beautiful house for himself.

The house facade is made in Neoclassical style with carved stone decorations on the ground floor and the pilasters running along the second and the third floors. Balcony banisters have the owner’s initials, JFP.

The house of Sebastián Puig Carreras was built in 1872. Mr. Carreras had never left his motherland for foreign riches, but his home still has notable exotic and Indian motives.

A Neoclassical-style house for the indiano Josep Pi Carreras was built in Begur in 1860.

Mr. Carreras opened a bakery and a grocery store called La Industrial in Havana together with his brother Pedro. When he got rich, he returned to Catalonia from Cuba.

The back side of the house still has its original gallery with garden views.

Casa Mallol, also known as Casa Cambo, appeared on the seafront of Roses in 1906 having been built by the architect Joan Marès i Marès. After the Spanish Civil War, the building fell into decay and was only spared demolition after the municipality became its owner in 1980. Casa Mallor is a rare Art Nouveau site in Roses that has survived to this day.