The Masia Torre Figueres
dates back to the beginning of the 19th century and
belongs to the period of the Classicist Eclecticism.
The first known owner is Mrs. Rosa Ruvinat de Papiol,
from Vilanova i la Geltrú, who, in the year 1846,
gave the house and the surrounding lands to her cousin
Juan Torrents de Papiol. |
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His son, Manuel Torrents Hilguero, sold
the inheritet property to Juan Rafecas Puig in 1868.
The Rafecas family has been the owner of the house for
three generations, until it was sold in 1998 to the
City Council of Sant Boi to be used as part of public
facilities.
The Masia Torre Figueras, formerly named as “rustic
or farming house” belonged to the Montclar set,
which consisted of lands, partly aimed at grape crops
and partly at treeless lands. This batch along with
others formed the Torre Figueras legacy, that took up
an important extension of lands of the ancient Sant
Boi.
The “manorial" house consists of a ground
floor, a first floor and a loft, the backyard is extended
all the way to the sides. On the first floor, there
are two covered balconies with a room for pigeons, a
big cellar, wells, cisterns and other premises of the
time. Next to the cellar there’s the farmyard
and the barn.
In the house some items used for winemaking were found:
wineskins, wine presses as well as labels according
to the different harvests. Likewise, in the masia, there
were two old carriages and a rusty milk jug, which were
used for carrying milk.
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