The architect Rafael Masó will set an unmistakable style, but his premature death will lead to the recognition of architects such as Francesc Folguera and Adolfo Florensa to take on the task of developing the initial idea of ​​the city-garden.

The story presented by the exhibition is a visual tour of the great architectural and urban aspects that have turned this residential complex into a Catalan benchmark of international design. In parallel, the exhibition also shows the social and cultural events that S’Agaró has seen during these last centuries.

The exhibition is composed of six areas where different architectural and cultural examples are present that form the history of the Costa Brava.

Room 1 tells the story of the Ensesa family and the acquisition of the lands from Castell d’Aro in 1916.

In Room 2, S’Agaró is explained, with the noucentista garden city that it is.

Room 3 shows how S’Agaró will revive social and sports activities that are held during the war, the nautical and tennis festivals, the expansion of the Hostal de La Gavina, the carnestoltes and the Cap d’ any of the 40. Esports will be an element of the luxury offering that is offered.

In Room 4, Ensesa’s cultural impulses stand out from the last years with the Revista de S’Agaró, literary trobades in the Hostal de La Gavina with figures with Josep Maria Sert and Eugeni d’Ors, the presentation of Atleta cosmic in S’Agaró by Salvador Dalí, the promotion of the sardana with the S’Agaró Premi or the inauguration of the Fashion Festival in La Gavina (1954).

In Room 5, located in S’Agaró, there is a film set from the late 20th century to the 21st century, highlighted in films such as “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman”, “Mr. Arkadin» and «Mar endins».

In Room 6 it is told how after the Civil War, Josep Ensesa will restore the Hostal de La Gavina in S’Agaró, visited by Francisco Franco and other political figures.

This activity includes an audiovisual projection that shows the evolution of these centuries of history.