A walk through Catalan modernism
Modernism is a cultural movement that occurred in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Despite the fact that this cultural movement affects all manifestations of art and thought, it is in architecture and the plastic arts where it is shown with full meaning
In Catalonia it developed throughout the 1930s, between 1885 and 1920, and it has dimensions and a special personality that means that we can find manifestations throughout the Catalan geography and in very diverse buildings: factories, agricultural cooperatives, athenaeums, markets and homes.
The Catalan bourgeoisie is a fundamental sector of society to understand the development of this trend. She feels Catalan and is cultured and sensitive to art, that is why cases of patronage by the Catalan high bourgeoisie arise, an example is that of Count Güell with Antoni Gaudí. This bourgeoisie sees in this new architecture the way to satisfy their desire for modernization, to express their Catalan identity, and to demonstrate their wealth and distinction.
Among the more than a hundred architects who built Catalan modernist buildings, three stand out above all: Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Many of his works have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The Baix Llobregat, a trip through history
The region The Baix Llobregat region bordering the coast, is located south of Barcelona and is known to be one of the most important industrial engines Catalonia…
Summer Modernism in the Ametlla del Vallès
Can Millet de Baix Located between the road of Puiggraciós s / n, date of 1908. Can Xammar, old masía of the XIV century, was bought in 1907 by Joan…
Following the work of Puig i Cadafalch along the coast
The legacy of Puig in Lloret de Mar and El Maresme We propose to start the route in the town on the Costa Brava in Lloret de Mar . Specifically, we will go to the…
Barcelona, from tile to tile
Island of Discord Sebastian began his visit to the Island of Discord (or Apple of Discord), a stretch of the Paseo de Gracia, in the Eixample district of Barcelona,…
The modernist triangle in the Maresme
Antoni Gaudí, Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Montaner are three of the great exponents of Modernism in Catalonia. This guided tour allows you to explore his…
Modernism in Vilafranca del Penedès
A historical note Phylloxera was a turning point for Catalan agriculture. A small American insect 1mm long swept through the Catalan vineyards, as it had been doing…
Route of Modernism in Reus
The best place to start the tour is the iconic and busy Market Square. It is here that we find the Renaissance town hall, a lot of terraces where do the vermouth,…
The cities of the dead, the most unique cemeteries in Catalonia
Olius Cemetery Near the church of Olius, in the Solsonès, we find one of the most unique cemeteries in Catalonia, built in 1916 following the modernist style.…
Itinerary Jujol in Sant Joan Despí
Can Negre (1915-1930) Catalonia Square, s / n. Although it is not a new building of the architect, it has become one of the Jujolian symbols par excellence of Sant…
The charm of the facades of Barcelona
Forgetting the Palazzo del Cinema Let us place ourselves: Via Laietana, 53. There remains one of the charm of the city. We speak of the first cinema in town featuring…
Gaudi's Modernist Route
Antoni Gaudí, the great teacher Born in Reus in 1852 and died accidentally hit by a tram in Barcelona in 1926, Gaudí studied architecture in this…
Route of Modernism in Barcelona
The origins The Barcelona of the Industrial Revolution, suffocated inside the walls, saw these need to be collapsed and the city could grow in an area where before…
Gaudí route in Reus
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a descendant of Francesc Gaudí, natural of Riudoms, finished learning his trade in Reus, where…
Gaudí and Berguedà
History No one can understand the existence of the work of Gaudi in some places as inhospitable as prepirineo lands are only in relation to industrial development…
Getting into the Terra Alta
The Battle of the Ebro (1938) It is impossible to visit these lands without remembering the Spanish Civil War, unfortunately for them there was the bloodiest battle…
Modernism Route of summer break in Vallès Oriental
Granollers, modern commercial city The capital of Vallès Oriental, Granollers , has been characterized throughout history, being a commercial city. But it…
Establishments
Museu-Arxiu Municipal de Calella Josep M. Codina i Bagué
CalellaThe Museum-archive takes us into the factory activities of the 18th, 19th…
Sagrada Família de Barcelona
BadalonaThe skyline of Barcelona would be much less impressive without the capitals…
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