It is one of the district of Hospitalet and it takes its name from a country estate of this area, which stands out because of the square-floor defensive tower that rises on one of its ends. It’s also known as Torre Llampada (the Lightning Tower), because of a lightning bolt that struck it many years back.
Restaurant CASTELLS Carrer de la Florida, 54 Hospitalet de Llobregat Phone 934 402 370 A classic of this area for more than 70 years. Open every day.
LA RESISTENCIA Carrer de Rosalía de Castro, 92 Hospitalet de Llobregat www.myspace.com/laresistenciabcn Bar with a wide spectrum of live concerts. They also project movies and other activiti…
CENTRE CULTURAL COLLBLANC-LA TORRASSA Carrer de la Mare de Dèu dels Desamparats, 87 Hospitalet de Llobregat Phone 934 470 361 www.canal-h.net/webs/ccct Cultural center that aims at new technologies education, as well as art and health education. It also offers concerts, exhibitions, and conferences.
CENTRE D’ART TECLA SALA Av. de Josep Tarradellas i Joan, 44 Hospitalet de Llobregat www.teclasala.net In this metropolitan and cultural centre there’s an art centre that promotes the contemporary catalan art, with exhibitions of national and international artists. Closed on Monday.
TECLA SALA Av. de Josep Tarradellas i Joan, 44 Hospitalet de Llobregat www.teclasala.net An early twentieth century textile factory located on a plot of land where there still stands an old paper mill. From the beginning of the 80s, the factory was turned into a cultural center that has a theater, a concert hall and a library with more than a hundred thousand documents.
LA FESTA MAJOR!
For the festa major, in the first week of June, the park of Torrassa celebrates the Diversity Festival, with a bunch of concerts and fun for all.
EL CARNAVAL A COLLBLANC – LA TORRASSA
n the month of February, the Festivities Commission of Collblanc—la Torrassa organizes a grand carnival and everyone works because it is a hundred all out fun. If you are searching for an original carnival in February, here the party is guaranteed!