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More Catalan Architectural Gems to be Listed

According to a report in elPeriódico, the Catalan government has proposed classifying 438 buildings from the 19thand 20thcenturies as assets of national or local interest (up from only 81 today).

The proposal would redress the disproportionate representation of the Modernista movement on the existing list: Gaudí, Montaner, and Cadafalch account for 30 of the 81 works listed today.

Currently, buildings from 1850 to the present with protection as a Cultural Asset of National Interest include 36 corresponding to Modernism, 17 to Noucentisme, nine to Rationalism and none to Postmodernism or the School of Barcelona.

The new list aims to protect 130 works of the School of Barcelona, including the Olympic buildings.

Under the new list 141 buildings from 1981 to 2000 would be protected, 150 from pre-war Rationalism and post-war Rationalism, 43 buildings aligned to Postmodernism, 40 in Noucentisme and 37 in Modernism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Palau Güell

The private house of a wealthy industrialist, Palau Güell represents an early Gaudí commission. A fascinating insight into the lives of the one-percenters of the time, and less crowded than the other Gaudi buildings on the tourist trail.

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Casa Batlló

On the surface at least, Casa Batlló is Gaudí at his most imaginative, despite it being a renovation of what was an existing building. Buy tickets in advance – after La Sagrada Familia this is about the most popular tourist attraction in town and there are always queues.

Don’t forget to check out Casa Amatller and Casa Lleó Morera adjacent – part of the  “mansana de la discòrdia” or block of discord of Barcelona, named because of the sharply contrasting architectural styles.

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La Sagrada Familia

 

Of all of architect Antoni Gaudí’s works in Barcelona, La Sagrada Familia has to be the most iconic. Whether or not it strikes you as gaudy and ostentatious, it is difficult not to be impressed. It’s a major tourist attraction – a couple of million visitors per year – so you’re unlikely to have the place to yourself, though the visitor numbers are managed reasonably well. Book online.

 

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