HERITAGE PILLS. The socarrats of Can Bofí Vell

Dolors Nieto, head of the conservation and documentation department, invites us to discover a set of socarrats (clay tiles), completely unknown, which is part of the collections of the Museum of Badalona.

They are pieces of baked clay, covered by a layer of lime and with a schematic pattern made of iron oxide. These pieces were placed on the ceiling between the beams. Dating from the 16th-17th centuries, they come from the Can Bofi Vell farmhouse, a country house with a defense tower, located in the highest part of the Sant Crist district, which almost disappeared in the eighties due to its abandonment and due to being located in the area of the industrial site of Batllòria Montigalà.

They are modest, honest pieces, with a very simple decoration as were many of the farmhouses of Badalona, a heritage little considered and almost disappeared.