- 1841
- Manchester-style
Much more than a district
Reconquer, recall, recreate, the Rec
Enter the most emblematic industrial district of Catalonia: the Rec district in Igualada
The Rec district in Igualada
Everything you need to know about the Rec district: presentation, vindication, transformation and memory.
RECorreguts
Everything you can't miss: walk through the Rec and discover more than twenty heritage gems with this map.
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Check the list of the most recent publications on this district of great heritage interest.
The highlights
Discover the most important parts of the district’s heritage
Seven centuries of tradition in the art of tanning hides have left their mark on every stone in this iconic district, which has been declared Industrial Heritage of Catalonia and is considered the most important active tanning architectural development in Europe.

Old steam textile factory built in 1841, considered a symbol of the industrial revolution in...

Old cotton factory (1897), formed by two two-storey industrial buildings topped with a...
- 1897 (old unit) / 1910-1920 (new unit)
- Modernist

Old tannery from 1917 with a modernist façade by Josep Pausas i Coll. Renovated...
- Josep Pausas i Coll
- 1917
- Modernist

Dating from 1914, it is by the architect Josep Pausas Coll. It is currently a hostel and visitor...
- Josep Pausas Coll
- 1914
- classic, baroque, modernist

Built in 1919 as a tannery and reconverted in 1925 as a dwelling, it is part of a group of...
- 1919

Built by Martí Enrich i Llop in 1919, work of Josep Pausas. It was extended with the elegant,...
- Josep Pausas i Coll / Joaquim Lloret i Homs and J. M. Lloret Mombrú
- 1919 / 1956-57
- Modernist
More than 20 gems are waiting to be discovered. Get to know them!