Burés Factory Monument · Anglès, Selva, Girona The Fàbrica Burés is a textile colony in Anglès (la Selva), whose so-called steam-engine building is declared bien cultural de interés nacional (the highest level of heritage protection in Catalonia), while the complex of workers' housing is listed as bien cultural de interés local (heritage protection at the local level in Catalonia). The Burés family, from Manresa, promoted the construction of the factory, intended for cotton spinning and weaving and powered by the hydraulic energy of the Ter through the Canal de les Indústries; it was inaugurated on 13 November 1887. At the end of the 19th century Anglès's cotton industry employed some 800 workers, many of them outsiders housed in deplorable conditions, which led to the building, from 1891, of workers' housing, extended in 1920 with 72 more flats on either side of the road. Photo: Amadalvarez (CC BY 3.0) What to see and do in Anglès
