Vil·la Joana

Viŀla Joana is a masia located in Vallvidrera (Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, Barcelona) in the middle of Collserola Natural Park.

[2] Today, Viŀla Joana houses one of the branches of the Barcelona City History Museum (MUHBA), which updated the collection on display here in 2016.

The museum deals with the history of the site, literature, and the Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer, who died here in 1902.

Beginning in 1920, the Viŀla Joana hosted the “Vilajoana School”, a special school whose staff included several prominent faculty, including Jesús María Bellido, Joan Alzina i Melis, Pere Barnils i Giol, and Joan Llongueres.

Currently, MUHBA Viŀla Joana exhibits objects related to the history of the house itself, the pedagogical task of the special school, Barcelona as a literary city, and especially to Jacint Verdaguer.