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| Salvador de Samà i Torrents Marquis of Marianao |
Salvador de Samà i Torrents, Marquis of Samà, Marianao and Vilanova i la
Geltrú (1861-1933) was a senator in the Spanish Court and Mayor of Barcelona (1905-1906). He received some lands from his father. They
were in Sant Boi de Llobregat and
thanks to the architect Josep Fontseré,
these lands became in a big palace inspired in medieval castle with lots of
Gothic ornaments and rounded by tropical vegetation.
Today, these
lands are known like Marianao Park.
In 1899,
Salvador de Samà sold some lands in Barcelona to Eusebi Güell. In these lands, some years later, it was built the Park Güell. He also ordered to build
another park in Cambrils which is
named like the family.
More information: Marianao. La ciudad que progresa (Diario de Cuba)
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| Parc de Marianao, Sant Boi de Llobregat |
Abdon Borboy, the new owner decided to convert the park in the first residential place in Catalonia (1957). Since 1974, the City Hall of Sant Boi is the owner of this park.
Nowadays, the Marianao Palace is a public place which hides some secrets: for one hand, it was the place where Miguel Primo de Rivera, a Spanish general coup, signed the putsch (coup d’état) during the kingdom of Alfonso XIII in 1923; for another, it was the residence of José Mallorquí the creator of “El Coyote”.
More information: Palau dels Comtes de Marianao (Sant Boi de Llobregat)
Cuba is such a beautiful country,
and everywhere you go,
there's music and people dancing,
especially in Havana.
Julia Sawalha
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