Museu de Sant Boi de Llobregat

In 1998, the Roman Baths and an Exhibition Hall of the Sant Boi Museum were opened to the public in Can Torrents, a space that also housed the services of the Municipal Historical Archive. This was all thanks to work begun eight years earlier with the creation of the City Council's Department of Cultural Heritage.

The most representative tasks of the Sant Boi de Llobregat Museum can be listed in:

• Research. Everything related to the historical past of the population from different types of research.
• Preserve. Take care of everything displayed in the Museum.
• Disseminate. Make known the results of the investigations carried out.
• To revitalize. To give use and activity to the heritage of Sant Boi.

Since March 2011, the Museum has featured various themed spaces, which allow visitors to explore different periods in the history of Sant Boi.

These spaces are as follows:

Can Barraquer

A space to delve deeper into local history in an engaging and accessible way for all audiences. It highlights the figure of Rafael Casanova, arguably the city's most important historical figure due to his connection with the celebrations of Catalonia's National Day, and also because the house is the ancestral home where he lived the last years of his life.

Can Barraquer has become a symbol of identity and an attraction for visitors.

Can Torrents

It is a 16th-century manor house that has retained much of its original architectural structure, incorporating Roman walls. It currently houses the technical services of the Sant Boi de Llobregat Museum, the Municipal Historical Archive, and the Department of Culture of the Sant Boi de Llobregat City Council.

Roman Baths

The Roman Baths of Sant Boi consist of two architectural structures:

• The Cold Rooms: apodyterium, frigidarium and cella piscinalis.
• The Hot Chambers: tepidarium, sudatorium and caldarium.

These are the best-preserved private baths of the period in Catalonia. They were built at the end of the 2nd century AD and were discovered in 1953 thanks to the work of historians and archaeologists. In 1959, the Barcelona Provincial Council promoted the construction of a building to protect the remains. The monument was inaugurated on September 11, 1998.

Benviure Tower

Also known as the Tower of Joan I, it is a Romanesque defensive tower with a circular floor plan and walls approximately 2 meters thick. Surrounded by wall remains, beam ends, and stucco work, it indicates that a much larger complex once stood around it.

In addition, since March 24, 2012, visitors can enjoy an exhibition that complements the visit to the tower and recreational activities to explore the surroundings.

Romanesque church

A whole series of discoveries have been made on Calle de la Pau in Sant Boi:

It has been established that initially the entire street was occupied by a Roman cistern which, centuries later, became a Romanesque religious building, the Church of Sant Baldiri.

Records show the construction of a new chapel during the 17th century, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. A century later, construction began on the current Baroque Church of Sant Baldiri, on the site of the former cemetery, which was later moved to the now-demolished Chapel of the Rosary.

In the mid-19th century, due to new regulations, the cemetery was moved outside the town center.

Contact

The Sant Boi Museum has several locations, separating technical areas from exhibition spaces. They recommend contacting them by phone or online before visiting to better serve their visitors' needs.