Farmàcia Albinyana, Art Nouveau pharmacy building in Terrassa, Spain.
Farmàcia Albinyana is a narrow building between party walls with a ground floor and two upper floors, used for commercial and residential purposes. Its entrance portal is decorated with majolica tiles and shells filled with trencadís mosaic, a scheme repeated on a first-floor balcony. The building is topped with staggered battlements finished in glazed ceramic.
The building began in 1908 as the confectionery of the widow Carné. In 1934 the pharmacist Antoni Albiñana i Carné installed a pharmacy there, an activity that continues today. Joaquim Vancells painted the murals and made the ceramics and sgraffiti of the façade.
The interior of the shop preserves wrought-iron work, glazed ceramics and murals by Joaquim Vancells, who also made the ceramics and sgraffiti on the facade. The portal and first-floor balcony are decorated with majolica and shells filled with trencadis.
The pharmacy occupies the ground floor of a building on the Raval de Montserrat, in the centre of Terrassa, with the shop entrance framed by majolica and shell-and-trencadís decoration. The upper floors are a dwelling and are not open to visitors. Look up from the street at the stepped battlement finish in glazed ceramic and at the sgraffito on the façade.
The pharmacy counter area keeps its original wrought-iron work, glazed ceramics and murals by Joaquim Vancells, who also made the façade ceramics and sgraffito. The entrance portal and first-floor balcony are set with majolica and shells filled with trencadís, and the building ends in stepped battlements of glazed ceramic.
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