
Sant Andreu & Fabra i Coats
Authentic working-class district with 19th-century textile factory arts complex
Historic village centered on the Rec Comtal water canal, transformed during the industrial revolution into a major textile powerhouse and annexed by Barcelona in 1897.
Showcases Fabra i Coats, a massive 30,000-square-meter exposed red-brick spinning mill complex converted into a creative arts laboratory, and the 71-meter dome of Sant Andreu church.
The district church was the starting point of the 1640 Corpus de Sang revolt that sparked the historic War of the Reapers (Guerra dels Segadors).
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