{"id":11849,"date":"2017-10-18T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostemplo.com\/?p=11849"},"modified":"2020-06-29T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:50:37","slug":"modernist-tours-around-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostemplo.com\/en\/modernist-tours-around-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"MODERNIST TOURS AROUND BARCELONA"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may know, Barcelona is Gaudi\u2019s city, and it is with no doubts the European city where Modernism is more present in terms of features and persona. Something the people from Barcelona feel proud of! In our blog, we\u2019ve already shared some tours and ideas to discover Gaud\u00ed, for example our posts: \u201cGaud\u00ed\u2019s 9 wonders\u201d and \u201cThe secrets of Sagrada Familia\u201d.\u00a0 Today, we would like to surprise you with a tour beyond Gaud\u00ed, highlighting other Modernists architects and artists. Follow us!<\/p>\n

THE APPLE OF DISCORD<\/b>
\nBehind the hundred-year modernist fa\u00e7ades at the Eixample, <\/b>we can find both the names of Barcelona\u2019s upper-middle class, together with the ones of the most relevant architects. The three awesome buildings also known as \u201cthe apple of discord\u201d are a good example of this link<\/b><\/a>, located in\u00a0Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia<\/a>, between Consell de Cent and Arag\u00f3 streets: Casa Amatller, Casa Lle\u00f3 Morera and La casa Batll\u00f3<\/b> by the great architects: Llu\u00eds Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner<\/b>,\u00a0Josep Puig i Cadafalch<\/b>\u00a0and Antoni Gaud\u00ed <\/b>himself. These houses were built for the wealthy and educated families\u00a0Lle\u00f3 Morera<\/b><\/a>, Amatller y\u00a0<\/b>Batll\u00f3<\/b><\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n

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\nPHOTO CASA BATLL\u00d3<\/b><\/p>\n

EL QUADRAT D\u2019OR<\/i><\/b> (THE GOLDEN SQUARE)<\/b><\/p>\n

At Barcelona\u2019s Eixample we can also find the area known as “Quadrat d’Or<\/b>” (golden square); there, we find the highest concentration f modernist buildings, a style which is also present in many other places in the city. The Quadrat d\u2019Or <\/i>is the Eixample<\/b>\u00a0area between Aribau street and Passeig de Sant Joan<\/b>. It used to be the former main artery of the new Eixample district, born in 1860, when the walls that asphyxiated the old Barcelona were demolished. The most remarkable houses in this area are: Casa Terrades (known as Casa de les Punxes<\/a>) work of Josep Puig i Cadafalch;\u00a0Casa Macaya<\/a>, work of Josep Puig i Cadafalch; and Editorial Montaner i Sim\u00f3n<\/a>, work of Llu\u00eds Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner<\/a>, that holds the headwuartes of the Antoni T\u00e0pies Foundation since 1990, after being renovated by architects Roser Amad\u00f3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Llu\u00eds Dom\u00e8nech i Girbau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CASA DE LES PUNXES<\/b><\/p>\n

BEYOND THE EIXAMPLE:<\/b><\/p>\n

Following the Cerd\u00e0 plan<\/b>, the district was built thanks to the money of the wealthy families of\u00a0Barcelona<\/b>. The upper-middle class of the city competed for aesthetic refinement by building their houses in modernist constructions<\/b>, with profusely decorated interiors and fa\u00e7ades using a wide variety of materials: wood, ceramics, leaded glass or <\/b>wrought iron<\/b>. We can see all this in may buildings on the right side of the Eixample. This taste for aesthetics spread beyond the Eixample district. A piece of evidence are the Santa Creu and Sant Pau Hospital<\/a>, located at the Gracia district. This building is just another gem of Modernism in our city, declared Unesco World Heritage.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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PHOTO: <\/b>\u00a0Santa Creu and Sant Pau Hospital<\/p>\n

MODERNIST CIUTAT VELLA (OLD TOWN):<\/b><\/p>\n

In the city center, in the oldest district to be precise, we can also find modernists monuments. The most remarkable ones are the Palau de la M\u00fasica<\/b><\/a>, the Ciutadella Park, the Museum of Natural Sciences and Zoology<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO Palau de la M\u00fasica<\/b><\/p>\n

Said that, here are some tour that may be of your interest:<\/p>\n