The area between Caama\u00f1o and Monturiol streets was urbanized by Tomas Puig (1771-1835), a liberal lawyer who collaborated with the Napoleonic forces during the French invasion. After that war, he was forced into exile and his properties passed on to his granddaughter, Dolors de Puig, who would marry Narc\u00eds de Fonsdevila i Xammar, Marquis of La Torre. The land occupied the area between the current Pla\u00e7a de la Palmera and the small square at the lower end of the Rambla, and sandwiched between the aforementioned streets. <\/p>\n\n
In 1898, the Marchioness commissioned a new building to Josep Azemar Pont, the municipal architect, on the empty lot behind the backyard, at the edge of the house garden. His style was characterized by the use of historicist elements and ornaments made of high-quality materials. The resulting building, completed in 1900, was three stories high, with a terrace roof and three facades (two on Monturiol and Caama\u00f1o streets and one facing the Marchioness\u2019s garden). <\/p>\n\n
Salvador Dal\u00ed’s father set up his office on the ground floor while the family moved into the mezzanine. It is within these walls where the painter forged some of the memories and experiences that would mark him for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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