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Visit us at the ‘Fira Modernista’

¡Come to the Modernist Fair of Barcelona this weekend! Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. C/ Girona, between C/Diputació and Diagonal. You will find a lot of activities and surprises with modernist taste! At the Bellesguard stand you can buy tickets for the guided […]

The Torre Bellesguard by Antoni Gaudí according to WestJetMagazine

The Torre Bellesguard by Antoni Gaudí recognized as one of the best places to visit in Barcelona according to WestJetMagazine! From May on, WestJet will have direct flights between Barcelona and Toronto and we will be happy to welcome Canadian people. Read the full article in the following image: Do you want to discover why […]

The garden of Bellesguard!

The spring is here and with it the good weather. The best time to visit Bellesguard, an architectural work, but also a building surrounded by a placid garden. In the past, at the end of the reign of Martin I, a large building surrounded by another garden was also started. Jacint Verdaguer, a poet and […]

CETT-UB Student Visits

A group of students of the Tourism & Heritage course of the Degree in Tourism of the CETT-UB have based their works on Torre Bellesguard by Antoni Gaudí. For this reason, on 13 March they came to present their respective analyzes. @CETT_UB @bellesguardgaudi

THE SUNS OF BELLESGUARD

There are fewer days left for the arrival of spring. From now on, the periods of light will be extended and with them the opportunity to enjoy the sun. A good time to appreciate how Gaudí integrated the movement of the king star in the construction of Bellesguard, both metaphorically and physically, given the amount […]

Casal Can Fàbregas came to visit the Tower Bellesguard of Antoni Gaudí.

On January 31, the friends of Casal Can Fàbregas came to visit the Tower Bellesguard of Antoni Gaudí. You can read the chronicle of his visit written by Pau Garcia, published in the magazine La Fada de Sarrià i Sant Gervasi. Thank you for your visit and we hope that you will return soon.

MONTSERRAT IN BELLESGUARD

In one of the mosaics of Bellesguard we can see the silhouette of Montserrat. The relationship of this unmistakable Monte with the Tower is much narrower than it seems at first glance. There are several links that tell you: The end of the royal lineage of the house of Barcelona The death without an heir […]

The Cross of the cypress

The cypress is a tree of great longevity. Specimens with more than 1000 years are known. It is also a kind of perennial leaf, that is, of evergreen leaves, and very resistant wood. Planted in a row protects from the wind and withstands both cold and drought. To make matters worse, their roots grow very […]

THE ROMAN GOD JANUS AND BELLESGUARD

Janus was one of the most popular divinities of ancient Rome. It was present in all doors, roads, bridges and crossings. He was represented with two faces, one to see the past and the other the future. He was worshiped during the festivities that brought some change: marriages, agricultural cycles, declarations of war, etc. Its […]

SERRALLONGA TO BELLESGUARD

One of the most peculiar symbols of Bellesguard is the iron handle in the shape of a femur on the door of the stables. To know the origin of such a peculiar symbol, we have to travel in time until 1634, the year that Serrallonga, the famous Catalan bandit, died. At this time, the walls […]

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