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Would you like to live in Sant Gervasi? The old district of Sant Gervasi de Cassoles was located on the slopes of Tibidabo, between the mountains and the plain. Its rugged geography, with streams and hills, explains why it remained sparsely populated for many years and did not have a powerful nucleus. The name comes from a small rural church dedicated to Sant Gervasi. With respect to the toponym Cassoles, it has been interpreted as a contraction of cases soles (single houses). In the 10th century it was part of the Sarrià district, until in 1714 it was declared an autonomous municipality. Its first city council was constituted in 1727 and, in 1897, it was annexed to Barcelona. In the mid-nineteenth century, Sant Gervasi was discovered by the Barcelona bourgeoisie and the first urbanizations began. Owners like Mandri or Ganduxer put their names to some of the streets they opened. In just over fifty years it ceased to be a small peasant town and became a residential area with old manor houses, summer villas, craftsmen's houses, convents and religious schools, artisans and small rentiers. This character is still largely maintained in the upper part of the neighbourhood, known as Bonanova, although many towers have been replaced by high-end apartment blocks. Some of the outstanding buildings in the neighbourhood are La Rotonda, Frare Blanc and Bellesguard, the latter the work of Gaudí. Other notable urban elements are the Sant Gervasi cemetery, the La Tamarita gardens, designed by Rubió i Tudurí in 1918 on a private estate and inaugurated as a public park in 1994, or the old Casacuberta factory, the work of Josep Domènech i Estapà, rehabilitated and recently complemented with a new building as a science museum.
