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 Biography Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudi lived from 1852 to 1926 and is Barcelona's most famous architect. He is the designer of no less than seven structures which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. His full name is Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí Cornet and he was born in Reus which is 1 hour south of Barcelona.  Famous Gaudi buildings in Barcelona Pictures Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Gaudi Bus Tours Gaudi's full name was Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí Cornet. He was born in Reus near Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain in 1852. Gaudi combined gothicism, surrealism and modernist styles in his own uniquely peculiar and warped style, which can be described best as Gaudi'ism. His view was that straight lines were the work of man whereas curved lines were the work of nature. Gaudí’s first major project was the Mataró Cooperative (a project for housing factory workers), which was shown at the Paris World Fair in 1878. This project brought him a good measure of attention and led to a meeting with Eusebi Güell who was a leading industrialist of the time and one of the richest men in the world. Guell would become a close friend and the biggest sponsor of Gaudi's work throughout Gaudi's career. Guell should be commended for his part in Gaudi's genius because he never attempted to impose limits or change on the architect's visions during the many years of their collaboration. In 1882, Gaudí began work on his greatest and still unfinished project, La Sagrada Familia church. This project was initially begun by Francisco de Paula del Villar, but taken over by Gaudi in 1882. For the next 30 years, Gaudí worked on Sagrada Familia and other projects simultaneously. From 1911 onwards, he devoted himself exclusively to the cathedral.  Gaudí was a lifelong bachelor, a vegetarian, an arch conservative and a fervent Catalonian nationalist. He lived with his father and sister in Park Guell, until they passed away. He then lived alone for the remainder of his life and actually lived in his studio very close to the Sagrada Familia. Gaudí became increasingly shabby in his final years and when he was tragically struck down by a tram on 7th June in 1926 at the junction of the streets Gran Via and Bailen in Barcelona (click for map) Gaudi was so poorly dressed, that he was not recognized as the famous architect. The taxi drivers refused to take the"vagabond" to the hospital and they were later fined by the police. Gaudi was eventually taken to the Barcelona's hospital for the poor called Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in the street Carrer de l'Hospital, 56 (click for map) in the Raval district and close to the Ramblas. Still unrecognised he was left with the indigent patients. Three days later on 10th June 1926 he died from his injuries. His last words were: 'Amen, my God, my God'. The whole city of Barcelona accompanied his casket to the Sagrada Familia, where he lies buried in the crypt of the still unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Familia, to which he had devoted 44 years of his life. As is often the case with many visionaries, Gaudí was not truly acknowledged during his own lifetime. Official organizations refused many times to support or applaud his unique talent. Indeed the City of Barcelona tried many times, but thankfully without success to block or change Gaudí's works, because it failed to conform to city regulations. The only project the City ever assigned him was that of designing street lamps. You can see Gaudi street lamps on Plaza Reial in the Gothic area. Gaudi only ever received the Barcelona city "Building of the Year" award for one of his lesser works, the apartment block Casa Calvet, which also is home to a restaurant. Seven properties that are in or near Barcelona are listed as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: Park Güell Palau Güell La Pedrera (also known as Casa Mila) Casa Vicens (not open to public) Sagrada Familia basilica Casa Batlló Crypt in Colonia Güell (outside Barcelona)Other Gaudi works in Barcelona include: - Casa Calvet - not open to public, but restaurant on ground floor - Colegio Teresiano -not open to public - Bellesguard/Casa Figueres manor house - not open to public - Lamp posts on Plaza Reial - The dragon gate at Güell Pavilions More Gaudi links Gaudi Bus Tours Daytrips from Barcelona © 2006 Copyright Barcelonayellow.com. Do not copy from this page without permission All rights reserved |
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