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  • Upper section of a stall at the Mercat de Sant Antoni market, designed by Eduard Maria Barcells Buijas, lock smithery by Rocasalbas i Andorra and glazing by Boxers i Cordon, 1909, in catalan Modernista style, exhibited at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper section of a stall at the Mercat de Sant Antoni market, designed by Eduard Maria Barcells Buijas, lock smithery by Rocasalbas i Andorra and glazing by Boxers i Cordon, 1909, in catalan Modernista style, exhibited at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the left is the upper section of a stall at the Mercat de Sant Antoni market, designed by Eduard Maria Barcells Buijas, lock smithery by Rocasalbas i Andorra and glazing by Boxers i Cordon, 1909, in catalan Modernista style. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 15 : A general view of the Tribute to Picasso, 1981-1983, by Antoni Tapies on 15 November 2008, in the Paseo Picasso in Barcelona, Spain.  Commissioned by Barcelona City Council in 1981 the Tribute is an assemblage of modernista furniture evocative of the period in which Picasso lived in Barcelona, pierced by iron bars and tied together with ropes and sheets, on some of which are written statements by Picasso. It is protected from the elements by a 4 metre square glass cube standing in an 11 metre pool. Water emerges from the top of the cube and runs down the sides. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 15 : A detail of the Tribute to Picasso, 1981-1983, by Antoni Tapies on 15 November 2008, in the Paseo Picasso in Barcelona, Spain.  Commissioned by Barcelona City Council in 1981 the Tribute is an assemblage of modernista furniture evocative of the period in which Picasso lived in Barcelona, pierced by iron bars and tied together with ropes and sheets, on some of which are written statements by Picasso. It is protected from the elements by a 4 metre square glass cube standing in an 11 metre pool. Water emerges from the top of the cube and runs down the sides. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 15 : A general view of the Tribute to Picasso, 1981-1983, by Antoni Tapies on 15 November 2008, in the Paseo Picasso in Barcelona, Spain.  Commissioned by Barcelona City Council in 1981 the Tribute is an assemblage of modernista furniture evocative of the period in which Picasso lived in Barcelona, pierced by iron bars and tied together with ropes and sheets, on some of which are written statements by Picasso. It is protected from the elements by a 4 metre square glass cube standing in an 11 metre pool. Water emerges from the top of the cube and runs down the sides. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 15 : A detail of the Tribute to Picasso, 1981-1983, by Antoni Tapies on 15 November 2008, in the Paseo Picasso in Barcelona, Spain.  Commissioned by Barcelona City Council in 1981 the Tribute is an assemblage of modernista furniture evocative of the period in which Picasso lived in Barcelona, pierced by iron bars and tied together with ropes and sheets, on some of which are written statements by Picasso. It is protected from the elements by a 4 metre square glass cube standing in an 11 metre pool. Water emerges from the top of the cube and runs down the sides. ((Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 15 : A detail of the Tribute to Picasso, 1981-1983, by Antoni Tapies on 15 November 2008, in the Paseo Picasso in Barcelona, Spain.  Commissioned by Barcelona City Council in 1981 the Tribute is an assemblage of modernista furniture evocative of the period in which Picasso lived in Barcelona, pierced by iron bars and tied together with ropes and sheets, on some of which are written statements by Picasso. It is protected from the elements by a 4 metre square glass cube standing in an 11 metre pool. Water emerges from the top of the cube and runs down the sides. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 15 : A detail of the Tribute to Picasso, 1981-1983, by Antoni Tapies on 15 November 2008, in the Paseo Picasso in Barcelona, Spain.  Commissioned by Barcelona City Council in 1981 the Tribute is an assemblage of modernista furniture evocative of the period in which Picasso lived in Barcelona, pierced by iron bars and tied together with ropes and sheets, on some of which are written statements by Picasso. It is protected from the elements by a 4 metre square glass cube standing in an 11 metre pool. Water emerges from the top of the cube and runs down the sides. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Modernist terrace, a large brick roof terrace with views over the centre and the city, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In the centre is the Clock Tower, although no clock was ever installed in the iron pinnacle. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist street, designed to act as a firebreak between the main workspaces (the previous factory burned down), at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist terrace, a large brick roof terrace with views over the centre and the city, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In the distance is MNAC, the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist terrace, a large brick roof terrace with views over the centre and the city, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In the centre is the Clock Tower, although no clock was ever installed in the iron pinnacle. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist street, designed to act as a firebreak between the main workspaces (the previous factory burned down), and the Water Tower, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist street, designed to act as a firebreak between the main workspaces (the previous factory burned down), and the Water Tower, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist street, designed to act as a firebreak between the main workspaces (the previous factory burned down), and the Clock Tower, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, aerial view, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tower, with sunflower ceramic tiles, at the El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, aerial view, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden double chair designed by Gaudi, exhibited in the attic at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated bronze statue of Gaudi, 1989, by Marco Herreros, on a stone bench opposite the rear facade of the building, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. In the foreground is the horseshoe patio. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico of the main entrance with 4 columns and capitals carved with palm leaves and birds, at the El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. In the centre is the facade, with exposed brick, glazed tiles and sunflower tiles, and on the left is the wrought iron balcony of the main living room. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chairs and table in the dining room, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bay window with sculpted stone and wrought iron, cantilevered above the main entrance, on the facade of Casa Calvet, a Modernist building designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1898-1900, commissioned by the widow of Pere Martir Calvet, on Carrer de Casp in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the front facade are sculpted heads of martyrs, a pulley device for winching furniture and balconies with wrought iron balustrades. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celler Guell or Bodegas Guell, a winery designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1895-1901 in Modernist style, in Garraf, Sitges, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The buildings are in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style and he worked on them with his assistant, Francesc Berenguer, 1866-1949. The winery was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and uses local limestone. It is now a restaurant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hallway with catenary arches, in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hallway with catenary arches, in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hypostyle Room, with 86 striated Doric columns, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the 2 storey attic, which regulates extreme outdoor temperatures, with 8 pillars supporting lobed parabolic brick arches, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wrought iron gate by Domingo Sugranes, detail, on the main entrance at the Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Windows in the attic, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window depicting a dragonfly playing the guitar, detail, in the bathroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico of the main entrance with 4 columns, wrought iron balcony with benches, and facade decorated with sunflower ceramic tiles, at the El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Door leading from the roof to the attic, and on the left, the tower covered in sunflower ceramic tiles, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Window in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimneys and facade, decorated with sunflower ceramic tiles, at the El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spire and cross, on the entrance building housing the administrative services, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General plan of the project for the cooperative, 1881, at La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense and Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall, casino and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Credit : Manuel Cohen / © Arxiu Comarcal del Maresme, Fons Ajuntament de Mataro
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  • Original main entrance to the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. Behind is La Glorieta, a watchtower. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Original main entrance and bridge, seen from the La Glorieta watchtower, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Original main entrance to the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. Behind is La Glorieta, a watchtower. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Masculine figure on the Pont dels arcs, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the 2 storey attic, which regulates extreme outdoor temperatures, with 8 pillars supporting lobed parabolic brick arches, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Balcony with wrought iron balustrade on the front facade of Casa Calvet, a Modernist building designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1898-1900, commissioned by the widow of Pere Martir Calvet, on Carrer de Casp in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the front facade are sculpted heads of martyrs and a pulley device for winching furniture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celler Guell or Bodegas Guell, a winery designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1895-1901 in Modernist style, in Garraf, Sitges, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The buildings are in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style and he worked on them with his assistant, Francesc Berenguer, 1866-1949. The winery was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and uses local limestone. It is now a restaurant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main entrance vestibule leading to the central entrance hall, on the ground floor, with floor mosaics by Mario Maragliano and walls covered with blue and gold Andalusian style ceramic tiles, in the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Door, detail, in the Diagonal room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This large room overlooking the Avinguda Diagonal was the family's main living room, with Moorish style arches, floral decorations, a coffered ceiling and stained glass gallery. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casimi Casaramona, industrialist who commissioned the building of the factory, date unknown, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the ceiling is Space Environment 51-A1 by Lucio Fontana, a neon sculpture created for the 1951 Milan Triennale, resembling a line drawn at random in the air in perpetual motion. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Secret garden, in white marble with a shallow reflecting pool, by Arata Isozaki, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casaramona factory in 1913, drawing, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail and gargoyles from the facade of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The facade sculptures are in Gothic style featuring men and women with pinnacles and foliage. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dragon capital from the facade of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney stacks covered in a mosaic of coloured ceramic tiles, on the roof of 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 chimney stacks are crooked to prevent backdraughts. The building is listed 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
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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
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  • Mosaic planters on the end wall of the internal terrace, at 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 building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail from the facade of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The facade sculptures are in Gothic style featuring men and women with pinnacles and foliage. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rear facade and tiled rear courtyard, accessed from the family's private dining room on the Noble Floor, at 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 building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clock tower (no clock was ever installed in the iron pinnacle) and Modernist brick facade, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Below is the secret garden, in white marble with a shallow reflecting pool, by Arata Isozaki. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roof, covered in a mosaic of coloured ceramic tiles and designed to resemble a dragon's back, and tower topped with a bulbous 4 armed cross, at 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 building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase with curved hardwood handrail, between the first and second floors, in the internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light to reach all rooms and floors, at 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 building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Ordal, built 1894 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, inspired by the architecture of Catalan country houses, as a residence for farmers, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building has a stone facade with brick filigree work and window surrounds, and is a detached dwelling comprising 3 townhouses. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. To the left is the sculptural group of the Holy Family, 1945, by Josep Maria Jujol. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars and catenary arches supporting the structure. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patio of an inner courtyard, with staircase around the outer wall, columns supporting the building and colourful floral oil paintings on the plaster walls and ceilings, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The roof houses many skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • Looking up at the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates 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 skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. 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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  • Sculpture of a muse playing a lyre, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage 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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  • Sculpture of a muse playing a transverse flute, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage 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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  • Sculpture of a muse playing the bagpipes, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage 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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  • Columns covered with mosaic in floral designs, by Lluis Bru, on the balcony outside the Lluis Millet Room (a lounge area), on the first floor of the main facade 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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  • Headquarters of the Bank of Valencia, or Banco de Valencia, founded 1900, which became CaixaBank in 2013, Valencia, Spain. The flatiron-style building was designed in 1935 using marble, brick and limestone, decorated with ceramic tiles in a Modernist influence. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, aerial view, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden panelled door of the main living room, leading to the balcony, with wall painted to resemble bricks and sunflowers, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. In the foreground is the horseshoe patio. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tower, with lookout and sunflower ceramic tiles, at the El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main living room, with high ceiling and Neo-Mudejar windows, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celler Guell or Bodegas Guell, a winery designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1895-1901 in Modernist style, in Garraf, Sitges, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The buildings are in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style and he worked on them with his assistant, Francesc Berenguer, 1866-1949. The winery was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and uses local limestone. It is now a restaurant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hallway with catenary arches, in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Forest of Columns, supporting catenary arches, in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river, with sgraffiti marks to resemble bark, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Feminine figure on the Pont dels arcs, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. Behind is La Glorieta, the watchtower. The park was restored in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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