The history of the park began in 1900, when Eusebi Gü ell commissioned Antonio Gaudí to create a garden city on a mountain near Barcelona. Gü ell hoped that he would be able to sell 60 plots on the territory of the new complex, but only two houses were sold (Gaudi himself lived in one of the houses for many years and now his house-museum is located there). What to pay attention to?
1. Gingerbread houses at the entrance to the park. Gaudi came up with them under the impression of the opera Hansel and Gretel. One of them was to house the office of the park, and the other was to house the porter.
2. A staircase with fountains, the coat of arms of Catalonia and a huge mosaic salamander, which has become one of the symbols of Barcelona. Sometimes they say that this is not a salamander at all, but a dragon.
3. Hall of a hundred columns, which are actually not 100, but 86. In this grotto, which was supposed to serve as a market for the park city, concerts are now sometimes held.
4.
Greek theater atop the Hall of a Hundred Columns and Parapet Bench by Josep-Maria Jujol. The workers were instructed to pick up old dishes, tiles, bottles on the street; the fruits of the search were delivered to the hill, where a special brigade crushed them, and the second brigade, under the supervision of Jujol, covered the parapet and stairs with shards. The profile of the bench was given a special shape, coinciding with the outlines of the body of a seated person. Gaudí achieved this by seating a worker on wet clay and thus "measuring" the curve of the back.
5. Walking alleys nicknamed "Bird's nests". These "nests" protrude directly from the slopes of the hill and seem to be fused with it.
Address: Carrer d'Olot. Entrance to the part with the creations of Gaudí is paid. When ordering online, the cost is 7 euros (website https://www. parkguellonline. cat/muslink/venda/activitats. jsp? lang=1&nom_cache=PARC&property=PARC), when buying at the park ticket office - 8 euros. You can walk around the rest of the park for free.
1. Gingerbread houses at the entrance to the park. Gaudi came up with them under the impression of the opera Hansel and Gretel. One of them was to house the office of the park, and the other was to house the porter.
2. A staircase with fountains, the coat of arms of Catalonia and a huge mosaic salamander, which has become one of the symbols of Barcelona. Sometimes they say that this is not a salamander at all, but a dragon.
3. Hall of a hundred columns, which are actually not 100, but 86. In this grotto, which was supposed to serve as a market for the park city, concerts are now sometimes held.
4.
Greek theater atop the Hall of a Hundred Columns and Parapet Bench by Josep-Maria Jujol. The workers were instructed to pick up old dishes, tiles, bottles on the street; the fruits of the search were delivered to the hill, where a special brigade crushed them, and the second brigade, under the supervision of Jujol, covered the parapet and stairs with shards. The profile of the bench was given a special shape, coinciding with the outlines of the body of a seated person. Gaudí achieved this by seating a worker on wet clay and thus "measuring" the curve of the back.
5. Walking alleys nicknamed "Bird's nests". These "nests" protrude directly from the slopes of the hill and seem to be fused with it.
Address: Carrer d'Olot. Entrance to the part with the creations of Gaudí is paid. When ordering online, the cost is 7 euros (website https://www. parkguellonline. cat/muslink/venda/activitats. jsp? lang=1&nom_cache=PARC&property=PARC), when buying at the park ticket office - 8 euros. You can walk around the rest of the park for free.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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