- Ignasi M. Colomer i Homs (renovations)
- 1890
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.
Learn more
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.

The origin of the building dates from 1890. The renovations from 1914 and 1925 are the work of the...

Dating from 1918, a work of Josep Pausas. The modernist set of buildings is completed by the...
- Josep Pausas Coll
- 1918-1919
- Modernist

Dating from 1882. The dyeworks has been closed for several years, but the chimney has become an icon of...
- 1882

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

An open irrigation canal between C. San Faust and C. del Dr. Joan Mercader, which supplied the...
- 12th century

Between C. Sant Faust and C. del Sol, the canal preserves its...
- 12th century (irrigation canal), 18th century (buttresses)
More than 20 gems are waiting to be discovered. Get to know them!