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Residence Palace Can Ponsic, family owned and Moncada Sarriera XVIII century and was renovated by architect August Font i Carreras in 1892. The main facade is framed by two square towers, battlements and ending in cornices . The residence had more than fifty rooms, marble main staircase linking the three floors of the building, leaded glass chapel, stables and was located in an area of ​​over five hectares. In 1979, the last descendant of the family Sarriera sold the land to the City Council, and give free building, expressing the will Ponsic Can be dedicated to musical education in the district.
In 1988 the building previously rebuilt and refurbished became the headquarters of the Police of the District of Sarria-Sant Gervasi, and 92-93 year they opened the music school Arc. Next to this building, something separate, there is a circular tower that could be built from the XI-XII with late additions. It is a watch tower of the old way Finestrelles (Road Fund). The tower is 6 m in diameter. The first floor was used to store food and the second was the house of the caretaker. The main entrance was through a door, today transformed into a window, much altered or false. The third floor was for the garrison. The old structure preserves windows and Gothic battlements. Apparently the slopes of Collserola who gave the plan the city had a number of these towers, which are very few. Can the Ponsic is like the tower of Horta Labyrinth. According to Dr. Joan Ferran Cabestany, could be a tower called Mosen Bernat Tarré that through Baron Balsareny came to the family Alòs the nineteenth century and was one of 10 or 12 towers documented in Barcelona in the sixteenth century .

Information from the publication "Itineraries: Sarria: Old" published by the district of Sarria-Sant Gervasi in 2007 by the author M. Palau-Ribes.

In the garden you find an interesting fountain and trees, among which are a unique pine.

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