Olesa de Montserrat Town Hall (Hotel Gori)

In the municipal park stands a manor house that serves today as Olesa’s town hall. Its 19th-century style transports us back to the days of its greatest splendor as a hotel for visitors to the La Puda Spa, important at that time for the benefits of its sulfurous waters.

Built using the walls of an old farmhouse, the Hotel Gori was opened on May 31, 1899. In 1931, the heirs of the original owners ceded the building and its surrounding gardens to the town. On November 5, 1933, it was opened as the new Town Hall, which, despite various refurbishments over the years to adapt it to the provision of municipal services, retains its original external structure and style, surrounded by galleries on three levels with neoclassical ornamental details and sgraffito designs below the ledge.

Very nearby we find what used to be the apartments (popularly known as “chalets”) for the servants of the wealthy families who stayed in the hotel. Today, this building houses the offices of the Municipal Arts and Trades School and the Associació de Voluntaris de Olesa. The classrooms of the school are located in what was originally the dovecote and storage rooms of the hotel.