This building, built in 1968, served as the headquarters of the Spanish Civil Guard until 2000. After being remodelled as a municipal facility in 2006, it took the name of the former farmhouse and the family who owned the land.
For centuries, the Alemanys were one of the town’s most representative families, owning broad tracts of land around the municipal district that bore their name. The Ca l’Alemany farmhouse, which no longer exists, was located opposite the Santa Maria del Prat Church. Despite the family’s economic and social power, the farmhouse was a simple structure comprised of a ground floor and two additional storeys.
In 1900, their heirs were forced to sell the land and eventually the house to repay gambling debts.
The last owner purchased the farm in 1933. After the Civil War, the owner agreed for it to be used as a school for the children of Llinars, as the conflict had caused serious damage to the town’s buildings. The farmhouse stopped being a school in 1944 and became the Civil Guard’s first headquarters, which it remained until 1968. It was subsequently returned to its owner and ultimately torn down in 1986 due to its state of disrepair.
The building in which we find ourselves today was built in 1968 to house the new headquarters, which remained in operation until 2000. The Municipal Council purchased it in 2003 as a space for municipal offices, following the sharp increase in the town’s population. After making the necessary refurbishments, in 2006, the building was reopened under the name Ca l’Alemany, taking the name of the former farmhouse and that of the family who once owned the land.