By: Ferran Garcés In the words of Gaudí himself: “Glory is light, light brings joy, and joy is the joy of the spirit.” We can see an example of this glory at the Cathedral of Mallorca, where, for both the Candelaria and Saint Martin, the Festival of Light is celebrated. At that time, hundreds of […]
By: Bellesguard Team Christmas is a time of hopes and aspirations. One year comes to an end, but a new one begins. Gradually, the days will become longer and warmer. In all cultures, this time has been surrounded by rituals celebrating the sun and light. Rituals that also revolved around a tree, the object of […]
By: Bellesguard Team The biblical account of the birth of Christ does not provide a specific date for when it took place. In fact, during the following two centuries, no one bothered to find out. The origin of Christmas dates back to the year 313, when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. […]
By: The Bellesguard Team A morning filled with history, art, and fun. That’s what we propose to you from Torre Bellesguard this Christmas. We blend Christmas and Gaudí with a unique activity: a Christmas trencadís workshop. With Mosaiccos, you’ll discover one of Gaudí’s most fascinating techniques and, in addition, explore one of the most unique […]
The main difference between mosaic, the traditional technique, and “trencadís” is that the pieces of the former have been designed, from the outset, as tiles and, therefore, follow regular measurements, which almost always apply to straight surfaces. In contrast, “trencadís” pieces can come from a coffee cup, a plate, a soup bowl, or a bottle. […]
By: Bellesguard Team Last Tuesday, November 14th, a group of painters visited Torre Bellesguard. They are “La Colla del Pinzell,” a group of retirees who, as a hobby, have been painting every Tuesday on the streets or in emblematic places of the city for the past 10 years (link to their blog). It was a […]
By: Ferran Garcés Bellesguard is one of Gaudí’s most unknown works, both for the building itself and for the history of the place. So unknown that even we continue to discover things. Sometimes, unexpectedly. Today we will show an example. In 2020, “Temple, the magazine of the Sagrada Familia,” published an article about the construction […]
By: Ferran Garcés This Sunday is the Feast of Saint George, the most special of our festivities. The Bellesguard Tower is closely related to the legend of Saint George. The devotion to this legend began to take shape in Catalonia during the time of Martin I the Humane, who lived in the medieval castle […]
By: Ferran Garcés The Torre Bellesguard is an ideal place to recreate the past and, at the very least, to feel transported back in time. Perhaps for this reason it has been the setting for different concerts of early classical music, such as the one we want to remember today, which took place in […]
By: Ferran Garcés The history of Torre Bellesguard often leads us to look back, to the past, but we have also learned to enjoy the present, to squeeze the most out of it, and make it happen in the future.The pandemic forced us to stop. We imagined the future we wanted, and we managed […]
This Thursday, June 11, the Bellesguard Tower will close at 1:30 p.m.