Monday, June 19, 2017
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Vintage Village
Open since 1992, Vintage Village has established itself as the center of reference for lovers of antiques and vintage objects thanks to its extensive collection of furniture and objects of all trends that put in value the quality, originality and beauty of it Old in front of the new artistic currents. The result? A market in continuous boom.There is no doubt that vintage is fashionable. Both private and commercial, the decoration inspired by the old elements lives a golden age, undoubtedly augmented by the good figures of the old art market that chains a few years of absolute growth throughout Europe. Also in Barcelona thanks to Vintage Village. It is the Catalan version of the London Master Piece or the well-known Antique Biennial of Paris. 15 square meters located in the old ceramic factories founded in the late 50's by Josep Barnils after a long journey in the Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea, in the heart of San Cugat del Vallés.A total of 200 dealers who open their doors every day to sell furniture and antique objects, vintage, of all eras and styles. From big creations, big furniture to small objects of collectors where behind each of them there is a great little story that is worth acquiring and enjoying. An ideal claim for those who want to enjoy unique objects or why not? Decorate your store or company with objects as old as hairs.What can we find in Vintage Village?A walk through Vintage Village is a curious as well as enriching experience. A unique offer in Barcelona with a wide diversity of prices and styles that are worth visiting. In the central warehouses of the old factory where the Arab furnaces of the time of great industrial activity of this complex are conserved, is the zone of stands, the authentic germ of the current project. As a whole, some 50 shops give rise to an intrinsic network of corridors and alleyways around the furnaces of the old factory offering an extensive display of furniture and objects of different ancient and classic trends.Recently, Puntual has been inaugurated, an artistic center for young talents who, as residents, open their workshops and creativity to the public while exhibiting their work in the annexed exhibition hall. Meanwhile, in the large entrance yard, we find ships, premises and the area of ??Casetas where are grouped some thirty small wooden rooms painted in different colors, celebrating every Saturday and Sunday morning a lively market that serves as an ideal complement to The great offer of stops that we can find in Vintage Village.The offer continues with the Vintage Fest, where on the first Sunday of each month in the morning the streets adjacent to the center are closed to traffic and are put on sale from books, to discs, secondhand clothes, collections, curiosities and a large Amalgam of vintage objects. While the cultural and restoration offer is completed with the Siglo room where live music concerts and the vermouth musical stage are celebrated on Sunday morning. For its part, the existing library can boast of having more than 100,000 volumes.And to eat, El Xiriguito, where you can have lunch or taste some of their dishes at noon during any day of the week, included on the nights of weekends. The complete gastronomic offer, Casa Amparito. Where to taste authentic Valencian paella to the sound of pasodobles of the group of the teacher Nestor Munt, whereas in Café Belgrade, with more than 25 years of history, it offers an interesting programming of live music as elegant as it is recommendable.