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Indian Houses

  • Can Sora

    This building contrasts with the modesty of most of the houses on the same street, showing a more elegant and sumptuous architectural style. Built in 1870 by the Cama Martí family, who had become rich in Havana (on the entrance gate we can read their initials JC), it has 2 floors and 2 facades, and we can still see the frescoes on the walls of the exterior patio, which overlooks the street, representing romantic landscapes that evoke the Americas.

  • Bonaventura Caner Bataller House

    House with a ground floor and two floors, with large windows between the floors. The composition of the house is classical and the interior of the pilasters of the upper floors, the nails under each balcony, the pieces of the balustrade and the ceramic containers scattered around the railings of the roof and the garden, represent motifs taken from nature. The house was built in 1866 by Bonaventura Caner Bataller, a Begur native who emigrated to Cuba in 1845 and who, upon returning to Begur, invested his fortune in the cork industry. On the upper part of the door, and on the garden gate, there is an ornamentation with the owner’s initials and the year of construction.

  • Can Pi

    Pere Pi Carreras, together with his younger brother Josep, emigrated to Cuba where they opened a grocery store, a business that they complemented with imports and exports related to the cork industry. This house keeps alive one of the most characteristic features of the Indian houses on Bonaventura Carreras Street, the custom of having a vegetable garden on the south side.

  • Mas Carreras House

    This majestic house was built during the 19th century by Josep Carreras i Frigola, a merchant from Begur who emigrated to Santiago de Cuba in 1831. There he married a Cuban girl and they had a son, who later became a prestigious ophthalmologist and politician in the province of Girona. This sumptuous farmhouse, built in the Indian colonial style, contained a 16th century defense tower that was demolished during the last quarter of the 19th century to build the Casino dels Senyors.

  • House Terms

    It is a house with a ground floor and a single floor. The ground floor stands out for the simple moldings that trace the holes, and the first floor for the fluted pilasters and balcony railings. The house was owned by Santiago Mauri Carreras, who opened a fabric store in Santiago de Cuba to supply the Spanish army. Upon his return, he first lived in Barcelona and later settled in Begur, where he died two years before the definitive construction of the house. This is why the widow’s initials were placed on the door FMM (Francesca Mató) instead of those of the owner.

  • Vicenç Ferrer Bataller House

    Vicenç Ferrer Bataller emigrated to Santiago de Cuba in 1856, at the age of 17, and lived there working in the tobacco industry, flour trade, and various shops and companies. When he returned to Begur, he embarked on an important commercial career in the cork business. The origin of this majestic house had been a simple house, located in the center of the plot, with a small garden on the street side and a courtyard at the back. When Ferrer returned to Cuba, he added the back gallery, and murals in the rooms. These changes date from 1887, as can be seen on the street gate (where his initials VFB can also be read). Ferrer died shortly after and his widow added a pavilion to the original building, between the gate and the house, in 1892.

  • Pere Roger House

    It is one of the most stately houses in Begur. The drawings on the ceilings and walls, and its chandeliers, are particularly noteworthy. The rear facade, with a double gallery overlooking the garden, is one of the most emblematic elements of the town. Through the arches of the upper floor, we can see frescoes that represent a seascape seen through a plow that is also painted. These drawings have been recently painted over the originals. The house was bought in 1859 by Pere Roger i Puig from the Indian Josep Carreras Frigola (owner of Mas Carreras). In 1832, when he was only 18 years old, Roger emigrated to Havana and there he founded a tobacco factory called La Rosa .

  • Ramon Silvestre Darder House

    It was built in 1887 by Ramon Silvestre Darder, who with his brothers Josep and Joan, emigrated to Cuba between 1835 and 1840. It was common for the Indian to leave a mark on the house, which is why the initials of his name appear on the lintel of the doors, grilles or balconies.

  • Paco Font House

    It is considered the last Indian house built in Begur, dating from the early 20th century. It was built under the influence of modernism, present in the trencadís that decorates the door and window frames. It was owned by Francesc Font, who in 1889 emigrated to Ponce (Puerto Rico) to make his fortune.

  • Pere Cortada Shoemaker’s House

    Pere Cortada was born in 1815 and began his American adventure in the mid-1930s, along with his brothers Manuel and Josep. The destination was Santiago de las Vegas and Matanzas, where they dedicated themselves to business. The murals that decorate the entire main floor of this house are particularly noteworthy. The house currently houses a restaurant.

  • Mr. Puig’s House

    This house was built in 1872 by Sebastià Puig i Carreras. It is a noble mansion with a very sober main facade, but with a gallery and a garden (visible from Plaça Esteve i Cruañas) of a genuinely Indian aesthetic, which show frescoes of an overseas landscape typical of colonial houses. It should be said that although Sebastià Puig did not go to the Americas, he did build his house under the influence of those who returned from the American continent enriched. The house currently houses a restaurant.

  • Josep Pi Carreras House

    The facade of this house is very similar to that of Pere Roger. In fact, it was built in the same year, 1860. However, overall it is a more discreet palace, with a simpler gallery on the rear facade. The house was built by Josep Pi Carreras, who had gone to Cuba following in the footsteps of his brother Pere. The two brothers opened, in Havana, a bakery and a general grocery store called La Industrial, where they would later start a new activity related to the cork industry, which they imported from the Girona region.

  • Josep Forment’s house

    Josep Forment, who emigrated to Havana in 1845, built it in 1866 upon his return to Begur with a notable social position. On the balcony railing you can see the initials JFP, which correspond to Josep Forment Pi. The facade is in neoclassical style, with ashlars on the ground floor and pilasters running along the two upper floors.

  • City Hall

    House built in 1902, a few years after the most massive return of Begur residents from the Americas, and although the first owner was not an Indian, the house contains many elements of Indian aesthetics. Despite having a very sober main facade, showing only some characteristics of the neoclassical style, the interior is very interesting. On the walls of the entrance and on the glass of the doors there are some sgraffitos with floral motifs, and the ceiling of the corridor is a decorated wooden structure. Inside the rooms (currently rooms of the City Hall) we find wooden coffers with painted backgrounds, and drawings and plaster shapes also painted.

  • Can Petu (Pere Pont House)

    Pere Pont Puig, the promoter of the house, emigrated to Ponce (Puerto Rico) where he dedicated himself to commerce. Upon returning to Begur, he had a stately home built in 1889 to live with his wife Joaquima Carreras and their family.

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