Mas de Crémadells

English translation

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History

The mas is already mentioned in charters in 1168. The main building body bears the date 1678. At the Revolution, it is sold as national property. Edifice of rectangular plan, with one storey above ground floor and an attic storey, the mas is flanked to the west by a square tower. The main façade opens to the south onto a broad terrace. The two corner pavilions are slightly projecting. The north, west and south façades are crowned by important painted Genoese eaves. They are composed of four alternating rows of flat tiles and barrel tiles. All these tiles bear painted decoration, presumably in whitewash and dating from the end of the 17th century. This decoration takes up animal, geometric, anthropomorphic, plant, religious motifs, as well as inscriptions. The main entrance opens through a door in round arch, with very elongated voussures recalling certain Romanesque formulae, and is dated 1691. The tower is flanked, in its upper part, by four cylindrical gun-turrets. On the first floor of the building, Catalan wrought-iron grilles protect two openings and are decorated with animal motifs. In the 18th century, a building body lower than the main body was attached to it against its eastern façade. The storey of this addition disappeared to make way for a terrace. The door of the ground floor bears the date 1737. Inside, the entrance vestibule of the ground floor is paved with a calade of geometric composition.