Barcelona/Art Nouveau

8 Art Nouveau Landmarks in Barcelona

8 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Casa Batllo

43 Passeig de Gràcia, Eixample, Barcelona, 08007, Spain

The locals call it the "House of Bones," and once you see it, you'll understand why.

92 Passeig de Gràcia, Eixample, Barcelona, 08008, Spain

When this building went up between 1906 and 1912, Barcelonans thought it was so ugly they called it "La Pedrera" — the quarry.

Eixample, Barcelona, Spain

In the mid-nineteenth century, Barcelona was suffocating.

167 Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Horta-Guinardó, Barcelona, 08025, Spain

For over eighty years, this was a functioning hospital — and it's one of the most beautiful buildings in Barcelona.

4 Carrer del Palau de la Música, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain

This concert hall is so extravagantly decorated that when it opened in 1908, some critics thought it was vulgar.

Carrer Nou de la Rambla 3-5, 08001 Barcelona

Gaudi was only 34 years old when industrialist Eusebi Guell commissioned him to build a family palace just off La Rambla in 1885.

Carrer d'Olot, 08024 Barcelona

Park Guell was supposed to be a gated community for Barcelona's wealthy elite, and it was a spectacular commercial failure.

Carrer de Mallorca 401, 08013 Barcelona

Nobody alive when this building started has lived to see it finished.

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