Teresa Carles

Teresa Carles was born in Algerri, a municipality the Catalan province of Lleida. Born into a farming family she grew up surrounded by the family plantations which included olive trees, cornfields and vegetable fields.

Hotel 1898

The building occupied by Hotel 1898 was formerly the headquarters of the Philippines Tobacco Company, the first major Spanish multinational company.

La Virreina Centre de la Imatge

The baroque and rococo Palau de la Virreina was built between 1772 and 1778 by architect Carles Grau for Manuel d’Amat i de Junyent, Viceroy of Peru.