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The House of the Four Rivers
  • Se ve la fachada de un edificio con balcones y ventanas, además de una entrada con letrero.

BOUTIQUE APARTHOTEL IN A HISTORIC BUILDING OF BARCELONA

The Arai 4*S Aparthotel is housed in a former stately home that is part of Barcelona’s Architectural, Historical and Artistic Heritage.

Built in the late 18th century, the so-called House of the Four Rivers later became the property of the Marquises of Sagnier. Over time, it briefly housed the Escola Massana and Foment de les Arts Decoratives, an association founded by artists and industrialists to promote the value of art.

At the beginning of the 21st century, it was acquired by Derby Hotels Collection for a full restoration and its opening as a luxurious aparthotel.

  • Se ve una fachada con dos ventanas y balcones de hierro, con una lámpara de pared iluminada.
  • Se ve un busto de mármol sobre una vitrina con dos copas de vidrio y una jarra de cristal.
  • Se ve una fachada de edificio antiguo con balcones y una entrada a nivel de calle.
  • Se observan varios objetos antiguos sobre una mesa en una sala de museo con paredes de piedra.
  • Se ve una estatua de águila tallada sobre una estructura decorativa de madera.
  • Se observa un mural decorativo con figuras y motivos florales sobre un fondo texturizado.
  • Se ve un escudo decorativo de metal fijado a una pared de piedra con bloques irregulares.
  • Se observan varias figuras decorativas de madera sobre soportes frente a un muro de piedra.

The building owes its name to the original sgraffito on its facade, an outstanding decorative ensemble that features allegorical figures of the fine arts on the first floor: Music, Painting, Architecture, and Ceramics. From the second floor upward, there are personifications of four great rivers: the Danube, the Nile, the Ganges, and the Río de la Plata.

After its restoration, the sgraffito has regained all its splendor thanks to Derby Hotels Collection.

RESTORATION OF LOCAL HERITAGE

Se ve un vestíbulo con mesa y sillas, una pared de piedra y un sofá junto a ventanas.

The impressive coffered ceiling in the hall is a faithful reproduction of the original, made from fragments recovered during the restoration work.
The black and white marble floor is also an exact replica of the original, as is the wrought iron arch, the work of craftsman Ángel Rull, which has been fully restored and placed at the main entrance.

Se ve una escalera interior con barandilla de metal y una pared de piedra al costado.

The discovery of old photographs during the restoration has facilitated the faithful reproduction of the building's original character. In this way, the restored white marble steps of the main staircase and its spectacular balustrade—an exact replica of the original, hand-forged at the School of Arts and Crafts in Cuenca from a fragment recovered during the works—have been preserved.

The artworks and antiques in the collection can be found in every space of the hotel, including inside the rooms.

  • Jordi Clos i Llombart
    Jordi Clos

    President of Derby Hotels Collection

    THE COLLECTOR

    In addition to being a hotelier, Jordi Clos is an Egyptologist, collector and patron of the arts. He chairs the Clos Archaeological Foundation and the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona, the largest private collection of Egyptian art in Europe open to the public, and has funded archaeological excavations in Egypt for more than twenty years.

    Egyptian Museum of Barcelona

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