The Can Fontanet building houses the Tres Tombs Information Centre, where you can see carriages, carts and other items associated with the festival and discover their history.
Historical, social and cultural legacy
A thorough redevelopment of the old Can Fontanet stables, the building attached to the Fabra i Coats cotton mill, has turned it into the Tres Tombs de Catalunya Information Centre. This original centre keeps the Modernista entrance for carriages and carts, and has a stable for four horses, plus a permanent display of carriages and carts with historical pictures and explanations, a recreation of an old forge, and an exhibition space and conference room.
The building is managed by the Sant Andreu de Palomar Sant Antoni Abat Festival Society, which was founded in 1924. It can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10 am and 2 pm.
Tres Tombs festival
Tres Tombs festivals are held all around Catalonia to mark the Feast of St Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, which takes place around 17 January. The main rituals involve riding around the interior of the old town three times with horses, carriages, carts and other beasts of burden. Hence the name Tres Tombs (three turns).
