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MODERNISM
The Eixample district of Barcelona, an extension of the city planned by the engineer Ildefons Cerdà and initiated in 1860, is without a doubt one of the most unusual urban spaces in a European and world context. The personality of Barcelona resides, to a large extent, in the unique layout of the Eixample and the way in which this small area has given a unique quality to the city as a whole. Its hallmark, rather than being evenly distributed, is centred around a relatively small area, the central hub of the Pg. de Gràcia. This privileged zone of the Eixample, the "Quadrat d'Or" or Golden Square, is situated within the limits of the street Aribau and the Pg. de Sant Joan, the Rondas and the Av. Diagonal. The consolidation of the "Quadrat d'Or" as the centre of bourgeois Barcelona, which came about during the last decade of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, coincided with the appearance and diffusion of Modernism making this privileged area into the focus of Modernism in Barcelona. A careful walk through this area reveals a wealth of architecture, the result of the move made by the middle-class residents from the old city to the central Eixample, around 1900. The "Quadrat d'Or" is an authentic open air museum and it is easy to find interesting buildings in it. We particularly recommend some of the most outstanding:
CASA DE LES PUNXES
Casa de les Punxes (1903-1905)
Josep Puig i Cadafalch, architect
Av. Diagonal, 416
Puig i Cadafalch erected this building on an irregular plot of land, owned by the three Terrades sisters, joining together the three houses which it is composed of, and breaking away from the typical look of family apartment-dwellings of the time. The well-known "Casa de les Punxes" is this one of the most unusual architectural examples of the period.
Casa Amatller (1898-1900)
Josep Puig i Cadafalch, architect
Pg. de Gràcia, 41
Unique stepped façade. The caretaker's lodge and the first floor are a must-see as they retain all the period features.
Casa Batlló (1904-1906)
Antoni Gaudí, architect
Pg. de Gràcia, 43
T - 934 880 666
F - 934 883 090
www.casabatllo.es
This is one of the most charismatic houses in the whole of the Eixample. The architect Gaudí was personally responsible for the design of all the elements which make up the work as a whole, from the unique mosaic façade and ceramic roof to its interior and furniture.
casa Milà, La Pedrera (1910)
Antoni Gaudí, architectLa Casa Milà (1906-1912), the famous Pedrera, was the last apartment house builted by Antoni Gaudí and is considered the culmination of all his previous apartment-house works in the Eixample. La Pedrera, which has been property of the Caixa Catalunya, since 1986, has been declared part of the heritage of mankind by UNESCO (1984).
Hospital de Sant Pau (1902-1912)
Lluís Domènech i Montaner, architect
Sant Antoni Mª Claret, 167Domènech i Montaner's Hospital de Sant Pau, covers a wide area with its pavilions or red-brickwork and multicoloured-ceramic decoration, surrounded by gardens: an innovative concept of a health centre in its day.
Sagrada Familia
Antoni Gaudí, Architect
Mallorca, 41The Sagrada Família temple is Gaudí's most emblematic work, the greatest exponent of his genius, and a symbol of Barcelona all over the world. Gaudí took over the work in 1883, with a desire to make it a cathedral for the twentieth century, using complex symbolism and providing a visual explanation of the mysteries of faith. Since the architect's death in 1926, building work has progressed somewhat erratically and not without a certain amount of controversy.
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