Avenç Obrer Català de Sant Andreu

The republican flag once crowned an impressive, three-storey building in Pl del Comerç. It was Avenç Obrer Català, very closely linked to the Republican Left in the 1930s.

The former Casinet on Plaça del Comerç was renamed Avenç Obrer Català during the Second Spanish Republic. The political group Estat Català (EC) assembled here on 14 March 1931 under the direction of Francesc Macià. The participation of EC in the Conferència d'Esquerres political assembly was approved in the Foment Republicà de Sants building on 18 and 19 March, where the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya political party was established. The Esquerra Republicana party won the local elections on 12 April and the Republic was announced two days later. When the Spanish Civil War ended, the Avenç Obrer Català building became the headquarters of the Spanish Falangist movement in Sant Andreu and was demolished in 1962.