Vil·la Joana. Museu d'Història de Barcelona is a house and museum, located within the natural surroundings of Collserola, dedicated to Jacint Verdaguer and literature in Barcelona. Originally a farmhouse converted into a bourgeois residence, it was the poet’s final refuge. Today, the site fosters a dialogue between writing and the city through exhibitions and the house’s original spaces. Surrounded by woodland, Vil·la Joana offers insight into how the landscape influenced Verdaguer’s final creative period.
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Vil·la Joana was the final refuge of Jacint Verdaguer. His room remains almost untouched, as if the poet were still about to write one last verse.
Beyond its literary significance, the house evolved from a rural farmhouse into a bourgeois summer residence in the 19th century and, in the 20th century, a special education school, leaving layers of history in every room.
The museum offers a permanent exhibition that includes original spaces such as the kitchen and several busts of Verdaguer, enriching the cultural narrative of the city.
