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You know what? “Trencadís,” the technique of a genius.

You know what? “Trencadís,” the technique of a genius.

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. […]

Did you know? Painting Bellesguard

Did you know? Painting Bellesguard

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 […]

Guess what? A photo with a surprise…

Guess what? A photo with a surprise…

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 […]

Saint George, a legend made architecture

Saint George, a legend made architecture

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 […]

A day like today: Music from another era in another landscape

A day like today: Music from another era in another landscape

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 […]

Did you know? Flaixbac Showcase Concerts at Torre Bellesguard

Did you know? Flaixbac Showcase Concerts at Torre Bellesguard

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 […]

A day like today: Bellesguard during the confinement: Bellesguard Premieres Festival

A day like today: Bellesguard during the confinement: Bellesguard Premieres Festival

By: Ferran Garcés   In the previous article we recalled the confinement and one of the initiatives that we undertook from Bellesguard, “The Voices of Bellesguard” to keep in touch with the public and at the time disseminate the great characters that have been part of the history of Bellesguard. But this was not the […]

A day like today: Bellesguard during confinement

A day like today: Bellesguard during confinement

By: Ferran Garcés It seemed unbelievable, but it was real. Three years ago, on 14 March 2020, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, announced to the media the beginning of the confinement due to COVID-19. The Bellesguard Tower, despite closing its doors as was obligatory, sought a way to remain in contact with […]

A day like today: World Cancer Day

A day like today: World Cancer Day

By: Ferran Garcés World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 4 because on this day, in 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO), meeting in Paris at the time, decided to establish a special date to promote awareness of this disease and thus contribute to its prevention and control. A very necessary action, since cancer is […]

Modernism route in Barcelona

Modernism route in Barcelona

Modernism is an architectural style that represented the transition between two centuries: from the 19th to the 20th. Its name evokes modernity, change and progress, and was characterized by an urban aesthetic that sought harmony between beauty and functionality. In Spain, the greatest expression of modernism took place in Catalonia, and, thanks to this, today […]


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