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Can Masdeu

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Can Masdeu is a former masia, or traditional Catalan farmhouse, in Collserola Park on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, with an original structure dating to the 17th century and living quarters added in the early 20th century. Built on an ancient Roman site, it served over time as a nunnery and then, until 1948, as a leper hospital run by Sant Pau hospital, before standing abandoned for roughly 53 years. In 2001 international activists occupied the building, turning it into a squatted social centre, residential community, and community garden, and it drew wide attention in 2002 when a judge ruled that human rights and safety outweighed property rights during an eviction standoff. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Masia 3
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Hort, Spain 3
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 2
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Can Masdeu (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_Masdeu, lead definition
    Can Masdeu (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkam məzˈðew]) is a squatted social centre, residence and community garden in the Collserola Park on the outskirts of Barcelona.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Can Masdeu is a former masia, or traditional Catalan farmhouse, in Collserola Park on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, with an original structure dating to the 17th century and living quarters added in the early 20th century. Built on an ancient Roman site, it served over time as a nunnery and then, until 1948, as a leper hospital run by Sant Pau hospital, before standing abandoned for roughly 53 years. In 2001 international activists occupied the building, turning it into a squatted social centre, residential community, and community garden, and it drew wide attention in 2002 when a judge ruled that human rights and safety outweighed property rights during an eviction standoff.
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2. Wikidata: Can Masdeu
Wikidata Q2935738, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
3. Can Masdeu (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Masia)
    Wikidata item Q2935738, instance of (P31): masia
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Hort, Spain
    Wikidata item Q2935738, property P131/P17 (location): Hort, Spain
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