Casa Vicens, Barcelona, Spain

Casa Vicens, built 1883-85 as a summer house for the Vicens family, by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Catalan Modernist style, in Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was Gaudi's first commission, from Manuel Vicens i Montaner, a stock and currency broker. It was extended from 1925 by Joan Baptista Serra de Martinez. The house is now open to the public as a museum and cultural space, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Casa Vicens, built 1883-85 as a summer house for the Vicens family, by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Catalan Modernist style, in Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was Gaudi's first commission, from Manuel Vicens i Montaner, a stock and currency broker. It was extended from 1925 by Joan Baptista Serra de Martinez. The house is now open to the public as a museum and cultural space, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen