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The nautical school of Arenys

Arenys de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

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The nautical school of Arenys

Historical milestone · Arenys de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

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In 1779 provisional permission arrived to open a school of navigation in Arenys de Mar (Maresme, Barcelona), founded by Josep Baralt i Torres at the request of the Sant Elm guild following the 1778 decree that ended the monopoly of the ports of Seville and Cadiz. It received final approval in 1780 and classes began in 1782, first in Baralt's own house and, from 1783, in a building on the Camino Real known as the Pilots' School, attended by students from all over Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Alicante, Tortosa, Málaga and even Galicia. Recognised as the Royal School of Navigation in 1802, it remained open until 1874: its classrooms produced the crews who sustained Catalan trade with the colonies, in a town that in 1786 had 59 ships bound for America built in its five shipyards.

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