Teatre La Massa, Vilassar de Dalt, Catalunya, Maresme Building, Spanish Architecture, Images
Teatre La Massa, Vilassar de Dalt
Architecture in Maresme, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ? design by Rafael Guastavino Moreno
26 Sep 2016
Theater La Massa by Rafael Guastavino
Design: Rafael Guastavino Moreno, master builder
Date built: 1880-81
Location: Vilassar de Dalt, comarca of Maresme, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain
English text (scroll down for Catalan):
La Massa, Vilassar de Dalt’s Theatre
The impressive La Massa Theatre was constructed between November 1880 and March 1881 by master builder Rafael Guastavino Moreno. Gusatavino designed a circular structure with a rectangular stage area. The building’s most distinguishing feature is the 17-metre diameter Catalan vault over the main hall. At only 3.5 metres in depth the dome is relatively shallow and its structure consists of a double layer of ceramic tiles. It features a 4-metre diameter oculus in its centre and small peripheral vaults supported by cast iron columns that create the perimeter boxes of the hall.
On October 10th, 1880, Genís Trias Cuyàs, baker; Melcior Bruguera Manning, financier; Joan Parcet Fàbrega, surgeon; Pere Villà Teyà, manufacturer; Jaume Serra Monnà, manufacturer; Josep Piferrer Pintó, businessman; Salvador Boquet Vives, landowner; Salvador Banús Feliu, businessman; Pere Màrtir Vehil Banús, chemist, and, Josep Vehil Font, manufacturer, together formed an...