Parc Güell
Park Güell is a 17.18 hectare wide garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".
gate to the parc
The park was originally part of a
commercially unsuccessful housing site, the idea of Count Eusebi de Güell, whom
the park was named after. It was inspired by the English garden city movement;
hence the original English name Park. The site was a rocky hill with little
vegetation and few trees, called Muntanya Pelada (Bare Mountain). It already
included a large country house called Larrard House or Muntaner de Dalt House,
and was next to a neighborhood of upper class houses called La Salud. The
intention was to exploit the fresh air (well away from smoky factories) and
beautiful views from the site, with sixty triangular lots being provided for
luxury houses. Count Eusebi Güell added to the prestige of the development by
moving in 1906 to live in Larrard House. In the event only two houses were
built, neither designed by Gaudi. One was intended to be a show house, but on
being completed in 1904 was put up for sale, and as no buyers came forward
Gaudi, at Güell's suggestion, bought it with his savings and moved in with his
family and his father in 1906.
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the gate to the park
gate detail
the dragon
Gaudi designed tile
water from the dragon's mouth
Gaudi door
house where Gaudi lived
gate to the Gaudi house grounds
the terrace
Gaudi tiles on the terrace
More Photos of the Tiles and the Terrace
