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Casa Coll i Regàs

1898 establishments in SpainBuildings and structures in the Province of BarcelonaHouses completed in 1898MataróModernisme architecture in Catalonia
Casa Coll i Regàs. Seu de la Fundació Caixa Laietana
Casa Coll i Regàs. Seu de la Fundació Caixa Laietana

The Coll i Regàs house is a modernist building designed by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1898 and commissioned by the entrepreneur Joaquim Coll i Regas, a major textile manufacturer Mataro (Barcelona). Exponent of the significant elements of decorativism that characterized the modernist movement was declared in 2000 a Cultural Interest, in the category of historical monument. Today it is owned by the Fundació Iluro of Mataró.

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Casa Coll i Regàs
Carrer d'Argentona, Mataró

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N 41.5406 ° E 2.4411 °
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Carrer d'Argentona
08301 Mataró
Catalonia, Spain
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