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Museu De La Colonia Vidal de Puig Reig, Catalonia, Spain - Unravel Travel TV

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Colonia Vidal is a former colony or industrial textile installation conceived as a self-sufficient town, with houses for the workers, church, school, etc.. the river Llobregat, in the town of Puig-Reig berguedà. Industrial estates were one of the characteristic features of the industrial revolution in Catalonia. There are currently showing Colony Museum Vidal Puig-Reig. Part of the Territorial System of the Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia.

The founder of the Colony was Ignasi Vidal Vidal Balet along with his family, "VIDALET." Vidal In 1882 the family bought the land required for the construction of the colony. The construction of this began in 1892 but did not finish building until 1901. Ignasi Vidal died before finishing the work and pass on to their two children. The colony was in operation 80 years, from 1901 until they closed the doors in 1980.

At the beginning, when the colony began to work, working conditions were extremely harsh and the owners were limited to providing housing, school, church and shops. This had some consequences such as strikes and clashes against the owners.

Later, in 1880 the owners adopted a different attitude and providing other services relating to hygiene, supplies, recreation and culture, and often large towers by owners. But it was not until the twentieth century that workers lived less conflict and gratitude towards their owners. The building Vidal Foundation and several outbuildings were built to set up cinema, theater, library, games room, school, house of the wife and a sports area.

Despite this improvement services, when work was very strict, because they worked long hours and on Saturday. If someone was late to work you could assign a more precarious work or if it occurred frequently could get to the office. Also if someone is hurt with some machine work and could not cover. Because they could live with all the basic needs (food, clothing and housing), had to work all members of a family from the age of 10 because their salaries were very poor. Until that age were enrolled in school in the colony. The 1905 weekly wages in all the colonies of Puig-Reig were: The men were paid 17 to 30 pesetas. Women 15 pesetas. Children 9 pesetas.

In everyday life people do not have much free time except on Sunday, which was the only day off, but had to go to church necessarily because the owners were very religious. If there were a day on the job or could play the worst they could change the house to another worse, and if there were ever could withdraw from the colony. The houses did not have a shower or wash themselves nor the beginning, but were added later. The services that the owner gave their workers about hygiene was the construction of communal showers.

Carretera C-16, Km.78
Pl. Puríssima, s/n 08692 Puig-reig
Telèfon 93 829 04 58

http://www.museucoloniavidal.org

La Colònia Vidal és una antiga colònia industrial o instal·lació tèxtil concebuda com un nucli autosuficient, amb habitatges per als obrers, església, escola, etc. a la riba del riu Llobregat, en el municipi berguedà de Puig-reig. Les colònies industrials van ser un dels trets característics de la Revolució Industrial de Catalunya. Actualment hi mostra el Museu de la Colònia Vidal de Puig-reig. Forma part del Sistema Territorial del Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya.

El fundador de la Colònia Vidal va ser Ignasi Vidal i Balet juntament amb la seva família, els "Vidalets".L'any 1882 la família Vidal va comprar els terrenys necessaris per la construcció de la Colònia. La construcció d'aquesta va començar al 1892 però no es va acabar de construir fins l'any 1901. Ignasi Vidal va morir abans d'acabar les obres i va passar el relleu cap als seus dos fills. La colònia va estar en funcionament 80 anys, des del 1901 fins que va tancar portes l'any 1980.

Video interview with Jordi Virao, Director, Museu De La Colonia Vidal de Puig Reig, Catalonia, Spain

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