18. Antiga Casa Corderet
Candle and souvenir shop considered to be the oldest store in Catalonia. It stands out for preserving its original shop windows and furniture.
Antiga Casa Corderet is one of the fifteen oldest shops in Europe. It is known to have been in operation as a candlemaker’s since at least 1751, when its wares would have been essential products. The commercial activity of the store has changed over the years, it was even mainly a grocery store for a while, but the business has remained open and has reached the present day maintaining candlemaking as its main commercial activity. Nowadays, you can buy candles as well as other decorative products in the shop.
What has not changed at all through the centuries is the shop window, Baroque furnishings, and the layout of the shop, which bring us back to the time of its establishment in the mid-18th century. If you want to visit a completely unique shop in Catalonia and contribute to its ongoing survival, you’ll surely find something of interest at the inimitable Antiga Casa Corderet!
Antiga Casa Corderet lies at Carrer de la Merceria, 17.
Antiga Casa Corderet’s premises are quite small and are divided into two parts: a main room and a backroom. The shop is located in the main room and is unique with its Baroque shelves and showcases that share the style and dark green colour of the exterior shop window, one of the most noteworthy elements of the establishment. Through an old door on the wall opposite the main door, crowned with the year of the shop’s establishment, 1751, you access the backroom, where the old candlemaker’s workshop was located.
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Candle and souvenir shop considered to be the oldest store in Catalonia. It stands out for preserving its original shop windows and furniture.41.1179832 1.2581828
