Rajolar de Bauset, Ceramic manufacturing museum in Paiporta, Spain.
Rajolar de Bauset is a former tile and brick factory in Paiporta, built in 1924 by Ambrosio and Abelardo Martínez. The 9,520-square-metre site included clay pits, two storage warehouses, drying sheds, a Moorish kiln and a Hoffmann kiln. Of the original complex, only the lower part of the main warehouse and the 37-metre octagonal chimney remain; since 2000 it houses the Museu de la Rajoleria.
The factory was built in 1924 by Ambrosio and Abelardo Martínez, residents of Paiporta, at a time of construction growth in Valencia and nearby towns. It operated intermittently under the Bauset-Olcina family and was leased in 1965, becoming Ceràmica Valenciana. The Paiporta town council bought the disused factory in December 1994 and began rehabilitation in 1997, completed in 2000.
The site shows how craftspeople and workers produced tiles locally using techniques passed down through generations. The preserved workshop areas reveal the daily work and the importance this production held for the region.
The site consists of multiple separate exhibition areas, so plan time to explore the entire complex. There are working areas and demonstrations showing how production happened, best explored in comfortable shoes.
The 37-metre octagonal chimney was built in 1921 by Abelardo Martínez, a Paiporta resident, as the draught shaft for the kiln. Paiporta marked its centenary in December 2021. Of the original complex, only the lower part of the main hall and the chimney remain.
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