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Entrance hall and staircase, Administration Pavilion, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Entrance hall, with heraldic motifs in the vaults, including the coat of arms of the Holy Cross and of Barcelona, and sculptures of angels by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, and on the staircase balustrade, the Holy Cross and initial G for Pau Gil, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Entrance hall, with heraldic motifs in the vaults, including the coat of arms of the Holy Cross and of Barcelona, and sculptures of angels by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, and on the staircase balustrade, the Holy Cross and initial G for Pau Gil, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen