Vilumara House (Paseo de Gracia)

The Vilumara house and the Pere Llibre house were part of a set of two twin buildings with a ground floor and four floors that had a side façade that opened onto a small passage. Both in neo-Mudejar style were designed in 1871 by Domingo Balet Nadal.

The passage of the Spanish Theater

Between the two buildings there was a small passage and at the end of it was the Spanish Theater, as you can read in the photo, above the entrance door.

Photo of the old entrance door to the Pasage with the sign of the Spanish Theater

The Spanish Theater was a project by the architect Antoni Rovira i Trias, which was inaugurated on May 21, 1870. Years later, on November 18, 1889, the Spanish Theater suffered a fire that devastated the premises at dawn. In 1892 the theater was rebuilt again by the architect Ramón M. Ruidor, but this time he did it under the name of Jardín Español. Concerts, zarzuelas, opera arias, raffles, fairs, etc. were held there. However, the premises did not have the expected success and finally closed in 1900.

Later it housed a textile factory dedicated to the tanning of skins for shoes called the Modern Franco-Spanish Tannery, a business selling high-end cars, a private garage and since 2013 the El Nacional Restaurant.