January 10, 2025 5 min read
By: Ferran Garcés In January 1409, King Martin I the Humane began the construction of his Bellesguard palace, a palace that, five centuries later, would inspire Antoni Gaudí to build the current Torre Bellesguard. It should be clarified that this was not a new building, but rather the renovation of…
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December 9, 2024 3 min read
Christmas is much more than a holiday; it is a time to share with others: family, friends, coworkers… Gathering around a table, the Tió, the…
November 21, 2024 5 min read
By Ferran Garcés Around this time, in 1415, a book was about to disappear from the old Bellesguard palace. In fact, almost all its books,…
November 7, 2024 1 min read
As every November, the winter edition of Bcn en las Alturas, Barcelona’s pioneering market, arrives, organized by Monica Masana at Antoni Gaudí’s Torre Bellesguard. A…
October 25, 2024 5 min read
By Ferran Garcés Last week we discussed the tile we find in the lobby of the Torre Bellesguard, built between 1900 and 1909, a period…
October 17, 2024 3 min read
By: Ferran Garcés When Gaudí built the Bellesguard Tower between 1900 and 1909, Barcelona was undergoing profound urban changes. In 1854, the demolition of…
