MAISON DU PATRIMOINE ET DE LA MEMOIRE ANDRE ABET

The "André Abet" House of Heritage and Memory in Saint Laurent de Cerdans:
The memory of a know-how: espadrilles and Catalan weaving

This place of collective memory is located within the walls of the "Union Sandalière", the former cooperative production factory (1923) of the Travailleurs Syndiqués, and today houses the reconstruction of an espadrille and weaving factory.
You will also discover La Retirada, the memory of the exodus of Spanish Republicans who were welcomed in Saint Laurent de Cerdans in January and February 1939. 70,000 refugees passed through Saint Laurent, 5,000 of whom were accommodated on site, while the wounded and sick were housed on the 2nd floor of this building.