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  • JOB cigarette paper company advertisement, poster, lithograph on paper, 1898, art nouveau style, by Alphonse Mucha, 1860-1939, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of female sculpture and decorative window surrounds, Art Nouveau building, 19th century, Riga, Latvia. Riga, capital city of Latvia, founded in 1201 at the mouth of the Dauvaga River, is an important trading centre, having been a member of the Hanseatic League, and is also well known for its 19th century wooden buildings and Art Nouveau architecture. As Latvia is former Soviet state it has a mixed Russian and Latvian population. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of corner tower on an Art Nouveau style building, 19th century, Riga, Latvia. Riga, capital city of Latvia, founded in 1201 at the mouth of the Dauvaga River, is an important trading centre, having been a member of the Hanseatic League, and is also well known for its 19th century wooden buildings and Art Nouveau architecture. As Latvia is former Soviet state it has a mixed Russian and Latvian population. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Panoramic view of Casa Lis, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 17, 2010 at night. Casa Lis, by architect, Joaquin Vargas, is an early 20th century, art nouveau style, palace commissioned by Miguel de Lis. It was renovated by Salamancan architects Javier Gomez Riesco and Francisco Morn, with stained glass by Catalan artist Juan Villaplana. In 1995 it opened as the Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Dco and houses the collection of the Manuel Ramos Andrade Foundation. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Casa Lis, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the afternoon. Casa Lis, by architect, Joaquin Vargas, is an early 20th century, art nouveau style, palace commissioned by Miguel de Lis. It was renovated by Salamancan architects Javier Gomez Riesco and Francisco Morn, with stained glass by Catalan artist Juan Villaplana. In 1995 it opened as the Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Dco and houses the collection of the Manuel Ramos Andrade Foundation. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of statue of Lazarillo de Tormes leading the blind man, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 in the evening. The novella, Lazarillo de Tormes, published anonymously in 1554, is credited with the founding of the picaresque literary genre. Casa Lis, the Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Dco, is visible in the background. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905, and painted Art Nouveau allegorical panels, in the gallery above the entrance hall, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Kiss, 1908-9, oil and gold leaf on canvas, by Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918, from the collection of the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria. This painting is from Klimt's Golden Period, in Jugendstil or Viennese Art Nouveau style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass art nouveau ceiling, detail, over the staircase leading to the front door of the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art nouveau vegetal decoration in the light well, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The internal gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art nouveau decoration with carved bamboo detail around the paintings on the first floor gallery in the light well, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The internal gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass art nouveau ceiling, detail, over the staircase leading to the front door of the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art nouveau vegetal decoration on the first floor in the light well, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The internal gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Asymmetric wrought iron gate at the entrance to Castel Beranger, Art Nouveau apartment building designed by Hector Guimard and built 1895-98, at 14 rue de la Fontaine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gate is set between carved columns within an archway, and leads to the communal entrance hall. This was the first residential building to be built in Paris in the Art Nouveau style, with organic, fluid decorative elements inspired by natural forms. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance Hall of the Castel Beranger, Art Nouveau apartment building designed by Hector Guimard and built 1895-98, at 14 rue de la Fontaine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The vestibule is decorated with ceramic wall panels in thick relief and iron strapwork and pilasters growing into arches across the ceiling. This was the first residential building to be built in Paris in the Art Nouveau style, with organic, fluid decorative elements inspired by natural forms. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castel Beranger, Art Nouveau apartment building designed by Hector Guimard and built 1895-98, at 14 rue de la Fontaine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residential building to be built in Paris in the Art Nouveau style, with organic, fluid decorative elements inspired by natural forms. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art nouveau mosaic, with vegetal design resembling a curtain, in the galleried chapel in the Domenech i Montaner Room, 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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  • Art Nouveau doors at the entrance to the Rehearsal Room of the Orfeo Catala choral society, where the foundation stone of the building was laid, 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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  • Mercat Central, or Central Market, built 1914–28 in Valencian Art Nouveau style by Alexandre Soler March, Francesc Guardia Vidal and Enrique Viedma Vidal, on the Placa Ciutat de Bruges, Valencia, Spain. This is the largest fresh produce market in Europe, with 1200 stalls. The building is made from iron, wood, ceramics and polychrome tiles, with stained glass panels at various levels allowing light to flow into the structure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercat Central, or Central Market, built 1914–28 in Valencian Art Nouveau style by Alexandre Soler March, Francesc Guardia Vidal and Enrique Viedma Vidal, on the Placa Ciutat de Bruges, Valencia, Spain. This is the largest fresh produce market in Europe, with 1200 stalls. The building is made from iron, wood, ceramics and polychrome tiles, with stained glass panels at various levels allowing light to flow into the structure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercat Central, or Central Market, built 1914–28 in Valencian Art Nouveau style by Alexandre Soler March, Francesc Guardia Vidal and Enrique Viedma Vidal, on the Placa Ciutat de Bruges, Valencia, Spain. This is the largest fresh produce market in Europe, with 1200 stalls. The building is made from iron, wood, ceramics and polychrome tiles, with stained glass panels at various levels allowing light to flow into the structure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercat Central, or Central Market, built 1914–28 in Valencian Art Nouveau style by Alexandre Soler March, Francesc Guardia Vidal and Enrique Viedma Vidal, on the Placa Ciutat de Bruges, Valencia, Spain. This is the largest fresh produce market in Europe, with 1200 stalls. The building is made from iron, wood, ceramics and polychrome tiles, with stained glass panels at various levels allowing light to flow into the structure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Catalunya, or the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This building, in catalan art nouveau style, houses the civil and penal court, the contentious-administrative court and the social court. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze equestrian statue of King Henri IV of France, at the end of the Pont Neuf, Paris, France. The statue was erected on the death of the King in 1610, although the original was melted down during the French Revolution and replaced with this copy in 1818. In the background is the La Samaritaine department store, first opened 1869, built by Frantz Jourdain and Henri Sauvage, on the Quai du Louvre. It was constructed and reworked 1883-1933 in Art Nouveau and Art Deco style, and its glass roof and Art Deco facade were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Propery in 1990, as part of the Banks of the Seine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art nouveau furniture, 1909-12, in maple and pear wood, from the bedroom of the Hotel Guimard at 122 avenue Mozart in Paris, by Hector Guimard, 1867-1942, architect and designer, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. The furniture was made as a gift for his wife Adeline Oppenheim, and was donated by her to the museum when the house was sold. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silent Music III, temporary sculpture of a seated person in musical staves and notes, 2016, by Jaume Plensa, in the foyer of 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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  • La Samaritaine department store, first opened 1869, built by Frantz Jourdain and Henri Sauvage, on the Quai du Louvre, Paris, France. The La Samaritaine department store was constructed and reworked 1883-1933 in Art Nouveau and Art Deco style. The glass roof and Art Deco facade were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Propery in 1990, as part of the Banks of the Seine. It was closed in 2005 for safety reasons, and redevelopment is in progress. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Art nouveau furniture, 1909-12, in maple and pear wood, from the bedroom of the Hotel Guimard at 122 avenue Mozart in Paris, by Hector Guimard, 1867-1942, architect and designer, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. The furniture was made as a gift for his wife Adeline Oppenheim, and was donated by her to the museum when the house was sold. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor gallery giving access to the rooms, Pavilion des Distingues, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Ceiling mosaic in music room or salon principal, depicting a blindfolded woman (an allegory of madness), Pavilion des Distingues,  L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick cupola and tiled decoration, side entrance to courtyard, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Carved door, billiards room, Pavilion des distingues, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of stained glass window, First floor gallery giving access to the rooms, Pavilion des Distingues, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Decorated wall and matching chair, first floor room, Pavilion des Distingues, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Mosaic in dining room, Pavilion des Distingues, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi, 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, and decorative motifs of plants and ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, detail, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, detail, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of reclining man, ivy decoration and painted flowers in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of reclining woman with tambourine and decorative plant details in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting, detail, of fishermen selling fish at the beach, restored, by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, in the dining room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, detail, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Pavilion des Distingues, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Ceiling mosaic and stained glass windows, in music room or salon principal, Pavilion des Distingues,  L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    aguimard050561.jpg
  • Station Carries Dauphine, subway Paris 16th, France, 1900 - 1901, Art Nouveau, built by architect Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942), the only style remaining house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doors between rooms, divided into panels with circular wooden discs, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main bedroom, with walls with stucco painted with reeds, rushes and ferns, on the first floor of Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_SPAIN_MC_0004.jpg
  • Restored painting by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi, and decorative motifs of plants and ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi, 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, and decorative motifs of plants and ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Antoni Gaudi, 2019, exhibited as part of an augmented reality installation, where visitors can interact with the painting using an electronic device, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Inspired by a painting by Ramon Casas, Gaudi is depicted in a large house empty of furniture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallery above the entrance hall, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. In the niche is a bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of the transportation of the remains of St Eulalia in the 13th century from the Church of Santa Maria del Mar to Barcelona Cathedral, 1920, by Aleix Clapes, 1850-1920, in the Domenech i Montaner Room 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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  • Main bedroom, with stucco painted with reeds and rushes on the walls, and paper-mache vines between the ceiling beams, on the first floor of Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative details of painted flowers and sculpted leaves and fruit, in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1384.jpg
  • Decorative details of sculpted leaves and fruit, in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905, in the gallery above the entrance hall, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1232.jpg
  • Gallery above the entrance hall, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. In the niche is a bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1332.jpg
  • Gallery above the entrance hall, seen reflected in a mirror, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. In the niche is a bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1108.jpg
  • Bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905, in the gallery above the entrance hall, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1106.jpg
  • Detail of the painting of the transportation of the remains of St Eulalia in the 13th century from the Church of Santa Maria del Mar to Barcelona Cathedral, 1920, by Aleix Clapes, 1850-1920, in the Domenech i Montaner Room 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
    LC16_SPAIN_MC197.jpg
  • Decorative details of patterned ceramic tiles and ivy plasterwork, in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1380.JPG
  • Gallery above the entrance hall, in the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The gallery is lit by a large glass lantern and decorated in Art Nouveau style, with large paintings around the upper level. In the niche is a bust of Pierre Bardou-Job, 1892, by Victorien Bastet, 1852-1905. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1103.jpg
  • Detail of the painting of the transportation of the remains of St Eulalia in the 13th century from the Church of Santa Maria del Mar to Barcelona Cathedral, 1920, by Aleix Clapes, 1850-1920, in the Domenech i Montaner Room 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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  • Grand central hall on the Noble Floor, with huge windows facing the Passeig de Gracia, with stained glass panels and organic carved oak frames, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The windows all open using hidden counterweights. The walls and ceiling are all in organic wavy forms resembling the sea. A glass roof is glimpsed through an oculus. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling in relief resembling a giant plaster spiral, water vortex or galaxy, with central crystal chandelier, in the grand central hall on the Noble Floor of Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1241.jpg
  • Semi-vault ceiling panels with floral design, decorative lighting and names of musicians in mosaic, in the Concert Hall 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 seats 2015 people and is illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. 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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  • Decorative light, and names of musicians in mosaic, in the Concert Hall, 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 seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. 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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  • Detail of a stained glass window with floral cross design and the coat of arms of the hospital, by Rigalt Granell & Cia, in the Domenech i Montaner Room 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
    LC16_SPAIN_MC208.jpg
  • Stained glass window with floral cross design and the coat of arms of the hospital, by Rigalt Granell & Cia, in the Domenech i Montaner Room 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
    LC16_SPAIN_MC204.jpg
  • Stained glass window with floral cross design and the coat of arms of the hospital, by Rigalt Granell & Cia, in the Domenech i Montaner Room 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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  • View of the double-height living room with furniture by Josep Prat, seen from the billiards room in Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. To the first floor is a balcony with balustrade and decorative ceiling, while the ground floor is tiled, with wooden furniture and an art nouveau feel. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Smoking room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This oriental room has plaster mocarabes on the ceiling resembling palm trees with dates, and the walls are covered with papier-mache tiles in green, blue and gold. Below are ochre and blue tiles painted with roses. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Smoking room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This oriental room has plaster mocarabes on the ceiling resembling palm trees with dates, and the walls are covered with papier-mache tiles in green, blue and gold. Below are ochre and blue tiles painted with roses. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_SPAIN_MC_0008.jpg
  • Galleried chapel and sculptures by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, in the Domenech i Montaner Room, 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
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1131.jpg
  • Stucco wall decoration beside the staircase leading to the front door of the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, in the Domenech i Montaner Room, 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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  • Ceiling of the Domenech i Montaner Room, 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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