Modernist Barcelona

Modernist Barcelona

Online tickets of Barcelona museums + Skip the LineThis is a specially designed route that leads the visitor around Barcelona’s finest examples of Catalan modernism. You’ll discover the works of well-known architects such as Antonio Gaudí, Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Catalan modernism, while part of a European-wide trend, acquired a distinct local flavor. This was primarily due to the development of the cultural differences that Catalonia – and particularly Barcelona – was experiencing, regarding Spanish culture. This was known as the Renaixença, or the resurgence of Catalan culture, at a time of major urban and industrial development. We can therefore say that Catalan modernism, as we will see during our tour, is an urban, bourgeois style. It was used by the wealthy bourgeoisie as a form of expressing, through their residences, their Catalan identity, wealth and class. During this tour, you will see highly original and unusual buildings such as Casa Batlló (Batlló House) and the Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music). Above all, we will visit Gaudí’s masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia.Photo Parc Güell, Barcelona by Angela Llop is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 _______Podcast based on audio guide Modernist Barcelona Author: Aurora In the podcast format you may enjoy stories remotely; if you go out and experience the audio tour on location it is adviced to use the izi.TRAVEL application that really guides you and plays stories automaticly based on your position

Episodes

Episode 14: Bellesguard Tower

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
The Torres Bellesguard or Casa Figueras is located at calle Bellesguard 16-20, and was designed by Antonio Gaudí and built on the ruins of an old medieval castle from the 15th century. It was the residence of the King of Aragon, Martin the Humane. This is why it still retains part of this original structure, and also why the building has some straight forms – highly unusual in Gaudí’s works.With the Torre Bellesguard, Gaudí would t...
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Episode 13: Güell Park

December 25, 2020 • 2 mins
Güell Park takes its name from Eusebi Güell, a rich Catalan businessman who, as we already saw on our first stop at the Güell Palace, commissioned many of Gaudí’s works. On this occasion, Güell and Gaudí conceived a garden dwelling design in an English style, within an upper class estate intended for the Catalan bourgeoisie. However, the project was a complete failure commercially and, although work in the common zones of the estat...
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Episode 12: Vicens House

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
Casa Vicens is located at calle Carolines 24, in the Gracia neighborhood. This was the young Gaudí’s first major work. The building has an oriental and Mudejar feel, and stands out due to the excessive decoration that covers the façade with spectacular green and white tiles, which may be explained by the fact the owner was a tile manufacturer. Gaudí designed these stamped tiles that mix with the red brick by drawing inspiration fro...
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Episode 11: Sagrada Família

December 25, 2020 • 3 mins
Tickets for Sagrada Familia: Priority EntranceThe Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada (Expiatory Church of the Holy Family) is Antonio Gaudí’s most important work, to which he dedicated the last fifteen years of his life entirely. It is also the most visited monument in Spain. The construction of this Basilica began at the end of the 19th century, and work still, as of 2014, continues. The main reason is that the construction is an exp...
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Episode 10: Macaya House

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
Casa Macaya is located at Paseo de San Juan, number 108. This is a fantastic Modernist building by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, commissioned by the industrialist Román Macaya Gibert. However, due to its location, a little out of the Modernist epicenter of Paseo de Gracia, tourists often miss this building. As we have seen, Puig i Cadafalch undertook a range of residential works for the established Catalan bourgeoisie of tr...
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Episode 9: Comalat House, Palace of the Baron of Quadras and House of the Spikes

December 25, 2020 • 2 mins
As we continue along Avenida Diagonal, at number 442 we find Casa Comalat, one of the most original examples of Modernism in Barcelona, by the architect Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, which features many elements of Gaudí’s architecture. Casa Comalat is a building made up of two different façades. These share a common formal feature: the Gaudí-esque curve that is reminiscent of the Casa Battló. The main façade, which faces Avenida Dia...
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Episode 8: Milà House

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
Casa Milà, widely known as La Pedrera, is a unique building. It was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century by the architect Antonio Gaudí after receiving a commission from a Catalan businessman. It was originally intended to be a family residence and rental apartments, although is currently the headquarters of the Catalonia Foundation-La Pedrera, and home to an important cultural center of reference in Barcelona. La Pedre...
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Episode 7: Montaner Palace and Thomas House

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
At number 278, calle Mallorca, we find Palau Montaner, another of the modernist works of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The owner of the Montaner i Simón Publishing House, and the uncle of the architect, commissioned Domènech to construct this palace in the Italian style. The whole upper part of the building is decorated with large canvases of stained glass mosaics, representing the invention of the printing press through...
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Episode 6: Apple of Discord

December 25, 2020 • 3 mins
The group of buildings made up of Casa Lleó Morera, Casa Amatller and Casa Batlló form part of the Manzana de la Discordia (‘Block or Apple of Discord’) due the to different styles of these three exceptional buildings. The first of these, Casa Lleó i Morera, was commissioned by Francesca Morera I Ortiz at the beginning of the 20th century. The architect, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, redesigned the previous building to create a genuin...
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Episode 5: Calvet House

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
Casa Calvet, located on calle Casp, is another example of a modernist building by Gaudí. Casa Calvet was originally built as a home and office space for the textile manufacturer Pere Calvet. It is the first and most conventional of the three houses that Gaudí designed in the Eixample of Barcelona. In fact, many experts on Gaudí consider Casa Calvet to be his most conservative work, because in terms of symmetry, balance and order, i...
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Episode 4: Palace of Catalan Music

December 25, 2020 • 2 mins
The Palau de la Música, considered the most modernist building in the world, was built at the beginning of the 19th century by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. He was one of the leading modernist architects from Catalonia. This building served as the headquarters of the Catalan Symphony Orchestra. The works of Domènech i Montaner are noteworthy due to their excellent combination of structural rationality with extraordinary ...
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Episode 3: Martí House

December 25, 2020 • 2 mins
Continuing our journey toward our next stop, Casa Martí, we’ll quickly enter Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. Here, we can glimpse the city’s beautiful cathedral on our right. If you wish, you can take a short break here before continuing with the tour. The Gothic Quarter is the oldest part of Barcelona and its historic center. Here, we can admire different and culturally interesting monuments, including the Cathedral of the Holy Cross ...
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Episode 2: Pla de l'Os

December 25, 2020 • 1 min
Walking along the famous Ramblas of Barcelona, moving away from the port and the Güell Palace, we’ll find – in the middle of the Avenue – a mosaic by Joan Miró. Miró was a Spanish painter, sculptor, engraver and potter, and also one of the leading lights of surrealism. Although this work does not form part of Catalan modernism, we think it’s worth including on the tour due to the significance of its creator.
Photo 2010-08-24 PM Ram...
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Episode 1: Güell Palace

December 25, 2020 • 2 mins
Our tour through modernist Barcelona begins at the Güell Palace, which is located in calle Nou de la Rambla 3 y 5. This is one of the buildings that Antonio Gaudí, the well-known architect, gave the city. Gaudí is the finest example of Catalan modernism. In his works, which are heavily influenced by nature, we can observe a distinct personal style. This lies in the original nature of the structural solutions, which all include a se...
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