The Can Papiol Romanticism Museum

The Can Papiol Romanticism Museum is a museum located inside the historical centre of Vilanova i LA Geltru. It is a manor residence dating from the stop of the 18^th century and is function each for the furniture and decorative factors preserved from the time. Its aim is to evoke 19^th century society by way of analysing the everyday existence of a nicely-to-do own family of the time. The museum is a part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network. In 1959, a descendant of the Papiol family bought the residence and all its furnishings to Barcelona Provincial Council, to show it right into a museum.

After some recuperation work, the museum was opened in 1961 and the Romanticism Museum became a museum with two centres, one in Vilanova and one in Sitges, until 1995, while its control was split. Can Papiol is the manor house of the Papiol circle of relatives. The building, comprising a ground ground, first floor, two higher flooring and an attic, become constructed among 1790 and 1801 with the aid of baby-kisser and student Francesc de Papiol. It is neoclassical in style with ornamental elements ashlars, columns, tympanums painted on the walls; inside, the partitions of the main room are decorated with biblical themed grisailles. The area additionally has a garden from the Romantic period. Through the evaluation of ordinary life for a well-to-do circle of relatives of the time, it brings 19th-century society to lifestyles.