Can Gemenut is a farmhouse belonging to a family dedicated to agricultural tasks. The date of construction of the old house is not known but it is probably before the 19th century. The original house was modest in size, had a gable roof and on either side of the entrance was the pig yard and the garage where the tartan was kept. That structure remained

until the 1950s, when it was

reformed, adding a front body of two

plants In 2006 the house was restored,

recuperating original elements that

they had been distorted by the reform

of the 50s.

 

 

The property has two wells that are still preserved. One of these filled the laundry room that was used to wash clothes. The water from the well was also used for domestic use and to irrigate the garden, through channels made of tiles (parts of which can still be seen today). Next to the laundry, until a few years ago, we used to find the commune as it was used fifty years ago; it has currently been renovated into a toilet. In the current living room and in the kitchen we can see beautiful vaulted ceilings made of red tiles. In the old coach house, today the kitchen-dining room of the Cau, the ceiling is vaulted with bread baskets. In the kitchen, to the left of the fireplace, was the bread oven that was demolished many years ago. There was also a vat for oil, today half hidden by the wall.

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The great-grandfather of the family, Joan Pons Pallí,

bought the house and land in 1920, together with

orchards and pine forest that reached the beach.

Everything makes you think that the family already

lived there previously as a homesteaders Joan Pons

left the house to his heir Felicià Pons Albertí and

his wife Máxima Cruañas Juanals in 1932. These

had two sons, Joan and Ramir, who were born in

Can Gemenut.

The family was dedicated

to the cultivation of the garden and the cattle: they

had cows, pigs, chickens and geese. During the second

republic Felicià was active in the Union of Rabassaires,

a left-wing political party in the agrarian field.

In 1938, in the middle of the civil war, Felicià became

a councilor in the town hall and a few months later

he was called to the front.

He survived the accompanying battles the entry of

nationals into Catalonia and back home in 1939,

albeit for a short time. The repression Franco

imprisoned him for four years due to his political

affiliation. He returned home, this time until his

death in 1955. His wife, Máxima, had to pull the

two small islands and the farm during the war

and post-war, and lived in Can Gemenut until 1984.