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Antoni GAUDÌ - (
1914) -
Parc GÜELL in
Barcelona, Spain
Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of
El Carmel in the
Gràcia district of
Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain. It was designed by the
Catalan architect
Antoni Gaudí and built in the years
1900 to 1914. It is part of the
UNESCO World Heritage Site "
Works of Antoni Gaudí". The park was originally part of a commercially unsuccessful housing site, the idea of
Count Eusebi Güell, whom the park was named after. It was inspired by the
English garden city movement; hence the original
English name Park . The site was a rocky hill with little vegetation and few trees, called Muntanya Pelada (
Bare Mountain). It already included a large country house called Larrard
House or Muntaner de Dalt House, and was next to a neighborhood of upper class houses called
La Salut (The
Health). The intention was to exploit the fresh air (well away from smoky factories) and beautiful views from the site, with sixty triangular lots being provided for luxury houses. Count Eusebi Güell added to the prestige of the development by moving in
1906 to live in Larrard House. Ultimately, only two houses were built, neither designed by
Gaudí. One was intended to be a show house, but on being completed in 1904 was put up for sale, and as no buyers came forward, Gaudí, at
Güell's suggestion, bought it with his savings and moved in with his family and his father in 1906.
This house, where Gaudí lived from 1906 to 1926, was built by Francesc Berenguer in 1904. It contains original works by Gaudí and several of his collaborators. It is now the Gaudí
Museum (
Casa Museu Gaudí) since
1963. In
1969 it was declared a historical artistic monument of national interest. The focal
point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in the form of a sea serpent. To design the curvature of the bench surface Gaudí used the shape of buttocks left by a naked workman sitting in wet clay. The curves of the serpent bench form a number of enclaves, creating a more social atmosphere. Gaudí incorporated many motifs of
Catalan nationalism, and elements from religious mysticism and ancient poetry, into the Park. The visitor was originally greeted by two life-size mechanical gazelles, but these have since been lost during the turbulence of war. The large cross at the Park's high-point offers the most complete view of
Barcelona and the bay. It is possible to view the main city in panorama, with the
Sagrada Família and the
Montjuïc area visible at a distance
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- published: 20 Jan 2012
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