Museu de Cera
Museu de Cera, also known as Museo de Cera, turns a nineteenth-century private building into a contemporary entertainment museum. The house that now contains the wax collection was built in 1873 by the Compañía General de Crédito “El comercio,” founded by Ignacio Girona and Agrafel. It began as a single-floor palacete, designed by the Maestro de Obras Domingo Balet Nadal, and later gained character as it changed hands—most notably when, in 1892, Pablo Sadó Perez asked Nadal to add another floor, including a nameplate, a Catalan shield with sculptural elements, and a rooftop balustrade that are still preserved. In 1973, Enrique Alarcón used the existing building for a new purpose: a wax museum. Today the collection has more than 150 figures and 28 different scenes, and it underwent a full renovation in 2020 to modernize both the presentation and the cultural offer. …
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