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October 3, 2025 8 min read

Did you know what? Gaudí, portrait by portrait. From 26 to 52 years old

By: Ferran Garcés In a 1920 photo, with the Sagrada Familia in the background, we see two friends walking. One of them is Lluís Milet, composer of music, and the other, next to him, Antoni Gaudí, hiding his face with his hat. Actually, that day two snapshots were taken. In…

August 28, 2025 9 min read

Did you know? The houses where Gaudí lived: “The New City”. Barcelona

By Ferran Garcés The well-known novel by Eduardo Mendoza, The City of Marvels, takes place between 1888 and 1929, the years of the two universal exhibitions…

August 22, 2025 10 min read

Did you know? The houses – and the Barcelona – where Gaudí lived: Ciutat Vella. Barcelon

By Ferran Garcés Last Friday, we looked at the houses where Gaudí spent his childhood and adolescence (see: Reus and Riudoms). Today we’ll search for…

August 15, 2025 5 min read

Did You Know? The Houses Where Gaudí Lived: Reus and Riudoms

By Ferran Garcés Gaudí wrote very little, but when he was still an architecture student, he described his ideal home in a short manuscript (see:…

August 7, 2025 6 min read

“La casa Pairal”, Gaudí’s ideal home. 

By Ferran Garcés  On August 10, 1870, that is, exactly one hundred and fifty-five years ago today, a young Gaudí wrote: “Ornamentation, in order to…

August 1, 2025 6 min read

Eclecticism, the “defeated rival” of Modernism…

By Ferran Garcés Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, architecture was not only “Modernist.” In parallel, another style developed that is still awaiting…

July 24, 2025 2 min read

This Summer, Rediscover Barcelona from Bellesguard

2-for-1 for Residents: Experience Culture at Home While the city pulses with summer visitors, we invite you to see Barcelona through a different lens—more intimate,…

July 18, 2025 10 min read

Architectural Modernism in Cuba: Gardens, columns and facades…

By Ferran Garcés  What was happening in the rest of the world while Gaudí was building Torre Bellesguard, between 1900 and 1909? Today we propose…

July 10, 2025 4 min read

First International Horse Day 

By Ferran Garcés  Today marks the first International Horse Day, and from Torre Bellesguard, we want to quickly join in on a recognition that has…

3 min read

Gaudí Centennial 2026 Declared an Event of Exceptional Public Interest

The Gaudí Chair at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya leads the initiative and will serve as the technical office  Yesterday, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, the…

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