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Roman archaeological remains, Museum of the History of Barcelona There is scarce vestiges of prehistoric period to the city. If well it is ascertained the human presence in the paleolithic, the first rests regarding the architecture proceed of the neolíthic, period in which the human being went back sedentary and happened of a subsistència based in the hunting and the recol·lecció to an ...
It was inspired by Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona. In an interview, he described the tower as having a phallic character. [8] [9] As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames, such as el supositori ("the suppository"), l'obús ("the shell") and some more scatological ones. [8]
In 1984, UNESCO granted World Heritage Site designations to three Gaudí buildings in Barcelona, though not yet including Sagrada Família, under the collective designation "Works of Antoni Gaudí – No 320 bis" (items 320-001 to 320-003), testifying "to Gaudí's exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building ...
A building designed for a textile manufacturer and constructed in 1899, which served as both a commercial property (in the basement and on the ground floor) and a residence. In 1900 it received an award for the best building of the year from the Barcelona City Council. Hospital de Sant Pau: Carrer de St. Antoni Mª Claret, 167
Casa Milà (Catalan: [ˈkazə miˈla], Spanish: [ˈkasa miˈla]), popularly known as La Pedrera (Catalan: [lə pəˈðɾeɾə], Spanish: [la peˈðɾeɾa]; "the stone quarry") in reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a Modernista building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Casa Batlló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəˈʎːo] ⓘ) is a building in the center of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí , and is considered one of his masterpieces. A remodel of a previously built house, it was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí (but the actual construction works hadn’t begun at this point) and has been ...
Casa Amatller (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə əməˈʎːe]) is a building in the Modernisme style in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, designed by renowned Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Along with Casa Batlló and Casa Lleó-Morera , it makes up the three most important buildings in Barcelona's famous Illa de la Discòrdia ("Block of ...
World's fair architecture in Barcelona (14 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Barcelona" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total.