Can Jalpí, Eclectic house in Arenys de Munt, Spain.

Can Jalpí is a castle-like building in Arenys de Munt, converted from an old masia by architect Miquel Madorell i Rius in 1899. It has a ground floor and one upper floor, surrounded by a small wall with entrance gates. The roofline features merlons, machicolations and corner turrets, and the ground floor has round openings with twin windows and a semicircular entrance arch. In front stands a large threshing floor, and below the castle lies an artificial lake.

Can Jalpí began as a masia owned in 1218 by the Berenguer de Dois. In the 14th century the viscount of Cabrera granted it an independent batllia, separate from Montpalau castle; it later passed to the Tries, bailiffs of Arenys de Munt. In 1644 heiress Àngela Tries i Sala married Josep March de Jalpí i Subirós, bringing domains in Pineda de Mar, Sant Celoni and Tordera. In 1899 August Borràs i Jalpí commissioned architect Miquel Madorell i Rius to convert the masia into a small castle.

The name Jalpí comes from the March de Jalpí family, who acquired the estate in 1644 when heir Josep March de Jalpí i Subirós married heiress Àngela Tries i Sala. The house chapel holds a Romanesque image of the Mare de Déu de la Valldemaria, possibly from the Cistercian monastery that stood between Tordera and Maçanet de la Selva. Since 2004 the Serhs Group has used the building for company meetings, conventions and institutional or cultural events.

The estate entrance opens onto a plane-tree avenue leading up to the castle-house; a side door in the gateway gives access inside. Below the building lies the artificial lake that August Borràs had made navigable, and in front of the house stands the large threshing floor. The grounds are on the edge of Arenys de Munt, so the walk from the village centre is short.

The chapel holds a Romanesque image of the Mare de Déu de la Valldemaria, possibly brought from the Cistercian monastery that once stood between Tordera and Maçanet de la Selva. The estate's gate opens onto a plane-tree avenue leading to the castle-house.