The Palau Güell, an early building of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona
The Palau Güell is Antoni Gaudí’s first major work in Barcelona for his patron Eusebi Güell. He created one of the most magnificent buildings of modernisme.
The Palau Güell is located in the Raval district, a few meters from the Rambla.
Parts of the building’s façade are reminiscent of a Venetian palace. The two large oval gates at the front are particularly striking: through these, carriages could drive directly into the horse stables. Guests then went up stairs to the upper floors.
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Palau Güell: Skip the line
- Visit a unique Gaudí masterpiece near Las Ramblas
- Get tickets to the Palau Güell and visit the first important commission Antoni Gaudí received early in his career
- Skip-the-line entry to Palau Guell
- Access to all visitable areas of the building, including the roof terrace
- Downloadable audio guide in 13 languages (options: general, express and children)
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Palau Güell: Guided tour
- Guided tour in Palau Güell
- Get tickets to the Palau Güell and visit the first important contract Antoni Gaudí received early in his career
- Access to all visitable areas of the building, including the roof terrace
- Live guide: English, Spanish or Catalan
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Guided City Walking Tour to the Güell Palace
- Explore Barcelona on this guided walking tour of the city.
Browse the stalls at Boquería Market and see historical sites on your way to the iconic Güell Palace.
- Stroll down La Rambla
- Visit the famous Boquería market
- Admission to the Güell Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Professional guide English, Spanish
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- Duration approx. 1.5 hours
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The history of the Palau Guell
The Palau Güell is one of the early works of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona and one of the most magnificent buildings of modernisme. It is located in the Raval district, a few meters from the Rambla. Parts of the Palau Güell’s façade are reminiscent of a Venetian palace, with the two large oval gates at the front being striking. Through these you could drive carriages directly into the horse stables. Guests then went up stairs to the upper floors.
The Palau Güell has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1984. The building reopened in 2011 after 7 years of renovation.
Palau Güell (Video in Catalan)
In 1885 Gaudí was commissioned by his patron, the industrialist Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi, to design a city palace. Construction began in October 1886. The palace was opened for the 1888 World Exhibition, although the work continued beyond that.
The distinctive chimneys so typical of Gaudí were installed on the roof in 1895. There are a total of 20 chimneys on the roof, which also serve to ventilate the house.
The Palau Guell building
The Palau Güell was to be a multi-purpose building. With apartments, event and exhibition rooms. There was just 18×22 meters of floor space available to build a palace that was as magnificent as it was functional. The task was brilliantly solved by Gaudí, he created one of the most magnificent buildings of modernisme.
However, Gaudí not only built houses, he was also a designer and decorated the house with impressive ironwork, woodwork, ceramics, stained glass and stone work.
Basement Palau Guell
In the basement were the stables for horses and sleeping quarters for the servants.
The basement was reached via two spiral ramps.Two large, oval entrances made it easy to get into the house in a horse-drawn carriage. The ramp for the horses led from the carriage hall at the back into the basement.
The ground floor
The workrooms and a library of the landlord Eusebi Güell and other administrative rooms were on a mezzanine floor. The magnificent entrance hall is also on this floor, from which an equally magnificent staircase leads to the Beletage, the floor of the master’s family. The main level of the house also includes a grandstand on the north side that covers the entrances to the house.
The piano nobile
The center of the piano nobile is a 17 meter high salon decorated with murals. The roof of the salon forms a parabolic dome. The salon was used for social occasions and religious services were also held here. The northern rooms of the bel étage were dedicated to social occasions, the southern part was used for family purposes, such as the dining room or the billiard room.
Private rooms on the 2nd floor
The family’s private quarters were on the second floor, facing the window gallery facing the large drawing room.
The attic for the employees
The attic housed the rooms for the domestic staff and supply rooms such as the kitchen, pantry and washrooms.
Roof terrace
On the terrace there is a long spire covering the dome of the great salon and 20 fireplaces decorated with ceramics.
The industrialist Eusebi Güell
Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi had a very special relationship with Antoni Gaudí: Güell was his main patron. Without this patronage, Gaudí would certainly not have achieved such outstanding importance. Güell became aware of the young architect’s talent at the 1878 World Exhibition in Paris. Gaudí designed a display case for a glove shop. Güell noticed the harmony with the materials iron, wood and glass.
Many of Gaudí’s works bear Güell’s name: Palau Güell, Colonia Güell – Krypt Gaudí, Park Güell, Pavillon Güell and Celler Güell.
The two maintained a deep and fruitful friendship until Güell’s death in 1918.
Why visit the Palau Güell
The Palau Güell is an early work by Antoni Gaudí. Some elements typical of Gaudí can also be found in later buildings, such as the ironwork at the entrance and on the back of the building or the chimneys or ventilation openings on the roof. In contrast to the light-flooded later buildings, the Palau Güell seems almost gloomy. You will also find exciting architectural details inside, which also reflect the zeitgeist of the time. The stables in the basement with the sleeping quarters for the grooms, the sumptuous quarters of the master of the house and the quarters of the staff on the top floor are perfect examples of this.
The Palau Güell is a fine example of the development of the brilliant architect Gaudí. It is rightfully on the UNESCO World Heritage list and is one of Barcelona’s top attractions.
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Palau Güell, a palace of Gaudí
The Palau Güell of Antoni Gaudí was built between 1886 and 1890 and is located near the famous Ramblas. The Palau Güell is a dark and modernist palace built for the wealthy industrialist and shipping magnate Eusebi Güell; he was a lover of the works of Gaudi and also financed several of Gaudi’s projects. Palau Güell, Gaudi’s first true commission, has one of Barcelona’s most spectacular interiors, which is part of why it earned a place on the World Heritage List in 1999. This Guell palace is not as well known as the other creations by Gaudí, but it’s certainly worth a visit.
Güell & Gaudi
Güell and Antoni Gaudí spared no expense when building this dream palace. The interior of Palau Guell is just as special as the Palazzo’s exterior. Gaudi’s natural shapes and playful décors are one of a kind. Even the roof terrace of this palace has been adorned with mosaics. The chimneys and ventilation shafts have all been tiled in a different fantastic manner. It makes the flat roof of the Guell palace look like a fairytale garden. The roof symbolises heaven that Gaudí represents as ‘out of this world’ and offers a beautiful view of Barcelona’s city centre.
The palace’s basement is dark and used to be quite filthy. That’s because the stables were located in that basement, and the horses could enter and leave via the gradually sloping stairs. The lowest floor of the Palau Guell is meant to represent hell according to Antoni Gaudí, which he imagines as ‘dark and filthy’. The Güell family lived in the palace until they moved to Park Güell.
In 1945, Eusebi Güell’s youngest daughter donated the palace to the city of Barcelona.
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Antoni Gaudí. Bishop’s Palace in Astorga (1889 – 1893)
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November 23, 2020
The medieval Spanish town of Astorga (province of Leon) is interesting not only because it is one of the points of the Pilgrimage Route of St.
Jacob.
For us, convinced fans of the great Antonio Gaudi , Astorga –
a place where the architect was marked by one of his absolute masterpieces: the Bishop’s Palace.
It so happened that the Catalan countryman Antonio Gaudí and his good friend João Batista y Grau, who at one time was Bishop of Astorga, conceived
to build a new residence for himself and naturally invited Antonio Gaudi to the role of chief architect – the padre was tasteful, you can’t say anything!
Gaudi approached the work with his characteristic thoroughness.
The creation of the project was preceded by a long study of books and photographs, which helped Antonio to understand the spirit of architecture,
characteristic of Leon.
As a result, the Gothic architectural style was taken as the basis, but, as always, boldly transformed by the Catalan architect, as a result of which the episcopal residence, being more than
functional building, at the same time reminiscent of a fairy-tale castle.
It is interesting to pay attention to the entrance portico, which is distinguished by three large, heavily recessed arches, in general, not characteristic of Gaudí’s work.
Laying elongated stone blocks of this mass and size is not an easy problem, but the architect did a brilliant job in the end.
What is especially striking in this project: the building, despite the fact that it does not seem huge from the outside – on the contrary, there is even some, I
I would say, miniature – nevertheless, it amazes with its size from the inside!
Judge for yourself: there was a place for an archive and storage rooms, a lobby, a porter’s room, a conference room, a secretariat, offices and halls
notaries and bailiffs, house church, throne room.
dining room, library, private quarters of the bishop, guest rooms, servants’ quarters – woo, tired of just listing
Can!
This, by the way, is a characteristic feature of Catalan architecture – the same Gothic temples in Barcelona seem much larger from the inside than from the outside:
take a look at the church of Santa Maria del Mar or Santa Maria del Pi in the Catalan capital – and you will understand what is at stake. So it is in the case of the neo-Gothic Bishop’s Palace in Astorga –
space is organized in an optimal way.
During the construction, Gaudí used local materials: slate and granite from Bierzo, ceramics from Jiménez de Hamus (Leon province) for vaults and
cornices of neo-gothic living rooms.
Everything in the aggregate: the severe masonry of the walls, a lot of stained-glass windows remarkable for their beauty, an abundance of round turrets with loopholes,
the moat surrounding the building creates an amazing and mixed feeling: monumentality, strength, reliability and at the same time fabulous, almost weightless lightness, light and purity.