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Agricultural Union of Rafelbunyol

Rafelbunyol, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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Agricultural Union of Rafelbunyol

Monument · Rafelbunyol, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

The building of the Agricultural Syndicate of Rafelbunyol, in L'Horta Nord, corresponds to the organization founded in 1916 by the priest Juan Bautista Fenollosa Alcayna following the model of the Catholic syndicates, conceived to mediate between employers and farm workers under the protection of the Church. The headquarters was inaugurated in September 1929, coinciding with the patronal festivities, with an aesthetic of historicist eclecticism: a stepped pediment, a frieze bearing the motto Religión-Patria-Agricultura, and novecentista motifs such as the golden fleece, lemons and oranges, alluding to agricultural prosperity. In 1980 the architect José Sancho began works to convert it into a Casa de la Cultura, and a renovation by Remigio Oltra in the year 2000 updated the interior while preserving the original façade.

Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY 4.0)

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