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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Serra, address: Rambla de Catalunya 126, completed in 1903. Architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Today, the city's deputy corps sits inside Casa Serra. Symbolically, it happened, God himself ordered the Barcelona deputies to be well versed in architecture : ) True, in our time, the modern buildi...
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Fuster, address: Passeig de Gracia, 132. Architect Luis Domè nech i Montaner. Art critics believe that in comparison with his other projects, in the case of Casa Fuster, Luis Domenech was more rational and stingy with decoration.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Comalat, address: Diagonal, 442. Architect Salvador Valeri Pupurulya. He worked on the design of the building from 1909 to 1911. It is obvious that Gaudi and the organic forms inherent in his work had a great influence on Pupurul.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Palacio del Baró n de Quadras, address: Avinguda Diagonal 373, completed in 1906. Architect: Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Initially, the palace was built for the wealthy family of the Catalan baron Cudras.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Terrades (also called "House with Thorns"), architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Address: Avinguda Diagonal 416-420 completed 1905 The building has six facades and occupies an entire block.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Palacio Ramon Montaner, address: Carrer de Mallorca, 278. Architect: Luis Domè nech i Montaner. Luis Domenech's uncle, Ramon Montaner, in 1889 commissioned his nephew to design a family residence.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Thomas, address: Carrer de Mallorca, 293. Architect Luis Domè nech i Montaner. The house, built in 1898 by order of the industrialist Josep Thomas, was reconstructed in 1912 by another architect, but with absolute respect for the original design of Luis Domè nech.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
The building of the Conservatory (Conservatori Municipal de Musica), architect Antoni de Falguera i Sivilla. Address: Bruc, 110 Behind the sculptural portal between two powerful pseudo-medieval towers at the corner of the same Eixample quarter, the entrance to the city's Conservatory is hidden.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Lamadrid, built in 1902, architect Luis Domè nech y Montaner. Address: Carrer de Girona, 113. This famous Catalan architect headed the Barcelona School of Architecture.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Llopis Bofill, built in 1902, architect - Antonio Maria Galissa. Sgraffito on the faç ade by Josep Maria Jujol y Gibert. Address: Carrer Bailen 113. Unfortunately, besides this house, the architect Galissa did not build anything else, he was mainly engaged in politics and the restoration...
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Macaya, 1901 Architect: Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Address: Passeig de Sant Joan 108. Josep Puig y Cadafalch taught at the Barcelona School of Architecture, served as city architect in Mataro, and in 1917 was elected President of the Catalan Parliament.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
Casa Planells, 1922, architect: Josep-Maria Jujol y Gibert, address: Avinguda Diagonal, 332 Josep Jujol began working under Antoni Gaudi in 1906, immediately after receiving his license as an architect, and this collaboration continued without interruption until the death of the great master.
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A walk through Catalan modernism
The area originated in the 19th century outside the city walls, when the need for spatial growth in Barcelona, which suffered from overpopulation and frequent epidemics, became apparent.
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The oldest church in Barcelona
The location of this church is reflected in the name - it was erected in the fields outside of Barcelona by the Benedictine monks. In the 10-11 centuries, the church underwent a radical restructuring.
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For lovers of the history of navigation
These Gothic shipyards were founded as early as the reign of Jaume the Conqueror (13th century). Later, the urgent need for ships to advance in the Mediterranean forced them to constantly expand them.
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City view lovers
How to get there in the "off season", when there is no direct transport: from the metro station “Av. Tibidabo” (line L7) by bus 196 to the final stop. Then transfer to the funicular (Funicular del Tibidabo), which will take you directly to the mountain.
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Fans of Antoni Gaudí
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...
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For lovers of historical places
Pla? a de Sant Jaume has long been the center of the political life of the city. Once this area was the Roman Forum. Then, in the 15th century, the buildings of the city hall and the government of Catalonia were built in the Gothic Quarter.
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For lovers of historical places
Plaç a Sant Felip Neri is such a quiet corner of the always noisy Gothic Quarter. A modest fountain is located in the center of the square, and the dominant feature of the square is the Felip Neri Church with a simple and austere facade (the building dates back to the 18th century).
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For lovers of historical places
On the Royal Square (Pla? a del Rei), the Governor's Palace is located, combining the architecture of the late Gothic and early Renaissance. It was built in the 16th century for the emissary of the king (viceroy) in Barcelona.
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For lovers of historical places
The Royal Square is a real collection of Gothic buildings and the setting for the daily history of medieval Barcelona. So, for example, they say, although there is no documentary evidence for this, that it was on this square that Kings Fernando and Isabella received Christopher Columbus, who returne...
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Urban architecture lovers
While walking through the Gothic Quarter (Carrer del Bisbe Street), pay attention to the neo-Gothic bridge connecting the Government Palace with the House of Canons, which now houses the Residence of the Catalan President.
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For lovers of old urban architecture
The house of Archdeacon Louis Desplat was probably built at the beginning of the 2nd millennium and since then has been constantly subjected to various alterations, as a result of which one can find many Gothic and Renaissance elements in it.
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For fans of the Gothic style in architecture
The place where you can now see the most beautiful Gothic Cathedral of the Holy Cross from the 4th century BC. e. was sacred. The current version of the temple was built from the 13th to the 15th century according to the drawings of the Rouen Cathedral.
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For lovers of non-trivial sculpture
The sculptural composition, created by the Catalan artist Joan Brossa, is located on the New Square (Plaç a Nova). Six letters, five of which are made of bronze and one of which are made of aluminum, form the word Barcino.
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