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Organ and skylight, Concert Hall, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Walcker pipe organ of 1908 and huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Walcker pipe organ of 1908 and huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen