Padellàs's House

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Padellàs's House is a Gothic private palazzo, originally built in 25 Mercaders street, in Barcelona. Due to the opening of Via Laietana, which put in danger its conservation, the building was dismounted in 1931 and relocated in Plaça del Rei, in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. Since 1943, it hosts Barcelona City History Museum. It is catalogued since 1962 as a Bé Cultural d’Interès Nacional (Cultural Good of National Interest) with B grade,^[1] and its urban qualification is 7a(p).^[2]

History

From the Hearth tax it can be guessed that Padellàs House was built between 1497 and 1515 in Mercaders St. 25,^[3] in Barcelona. Probably, the work was promoted by Joan d’Hostalric-Sabastida i Llull, royal counsellor and county governor of Rosselló and Cerdanya, ennobled in 1513.^[4] In 1584 it became property of Casamitjana’s family, and one of its inhabitants was the Head Counsellor of Barcelona, Rafael Casamitjana d’Erill (1651). Eventually, its owners changed again, and during the eighteenth century, it became property of Padellàs's family, from who it received the name which remained until today. During the War of the Spanish Succession Francesc de Padellàs supported the Bourbon cause. In 1759, its son, Bernardí de Padellàs, was ennobled by Charles III of Spain. In the nineteenth century a member of Togores family got married with Padellas. Afterwards, in the first decades of the twentieth century, there were several changes of ownership, until 1928, when the house was expropriated by the City Council. After the relocation of 1931 and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), it was decided to convert Padellàs's House into the Barcelona City History Museum, which opened in 1943.

Temporary exhibitions in Padellàs's House

Nowadays, Padellàs's House is one of the exhibition space of MUHBA (Barcelona City History Museum), which also organizes exhibitions in Saló del Tinell and other spaces. From 1996 to nowadays, it has been hosting several exhibitions about history of Barcelona.

• Barcelona en temps dels Àustries. La vida a la ciutat en el Renaixement i el Barroc. 1492-1714. From 22/03/1996 to 19/04/1998.
• 1939. Barcelona Any Zero. Història gràfica de l'ocupació de la ciutat From 22/04/1998 to 30/11/1999.
• Despert entre adormits. Joan Maragall i la fi de segle a Barcelona From 04/12/1998 to 14/02/1999.
• La construcció de la gran Barcelona. L'obertura de la Via Laietana 1908-1958 From 18/05/2001 to 30/09/2001.
• Verdaguer I Gaudí. Tradició i modernitat a la Barcelona del canvi de segle, 1878-1912 From 08/03/2002 to 09/06/2002.
• Cent anys d'escola a Barcelona. Acció Municipal i popular (1900-2003) From 17/12/2003 to 22/02/2004.
• La condició humana. El somni d'una ombra Del 10/05/2004 al 26/09/2004.
• ABAJO LAS MURALLAS!!! 150 anys de l'enderroc de les muralles de Barcelona From 19/11/2004 to 31/10/2005.
• Barcelona i la Fotografia Del 18/11/2005 al 19/03/2006.
• GATPAC.1928-1939. Una arquitectura nova per a una nova ciutat From 19/05/2006 to 18/10/2006.
• La primavera republicana. Barcelona, 1931-1939 From 10/11/2006 to 20/05/2007.
• Juan Negrín (1892-1956). Barcelona, capital de la República From 21/07/2007 to 04/11/2007.
• Barraques. La ciutat informal From 18/07/2009 to 26/04/2009.
• Barcelona i els Jocs Florals, 1859. Modernització i romanticisme From 9/11/2009 to 01/01/2010.
• Ja tenim 600! La represa sense democràcia. Barcelona 1947-1973'' From 19/11/2010 to 26/06/2011.
• Laboratori MUHBA. Col·leccionem la ciutat. Since 7/11/2011 until 2014

References

1. Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya
2. Catàleg del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Barcelona
3. UDINA MARTORELL, Federico. «Orígenes de la Casa Padellás, sede central del museo y sucesivos poseedores». Cuadernos de Arqueología e Historia de la Ciudad [Barcelona], núm. 1, 1960, p. 108
4. DURAN I SANPERE, Agustí. Barcelona i la seva història. L'Art i la cultura. Barcelona: Curial, 1975. ISBN 84-7256-072-4.

Coordinates: 41°23′02″N 2°10′40″E / 41.3838°N 2.1779°E