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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 be interesting, must represent objects that remind us of poetic ideas that constitute motifs. Motifs are historical, legendary, action-based, emblematic, fabulous, regarding man and his…

July 3, 2025 2 min read

Torre Bellesguard hosts the XVIII Jesús Serra Poetry Awards Ceremony

By: Bellesguard Team On June 27th, Gaudí’s Torre Bellesguard was once again filled with verses, emotions, and talent during the XVIII Jesús Serra Poetry Awards…

June 26, 2025 2 min read

2026 Will Be the Year of the Unknown Gaudí, Like the Torre Bellesguard

Antoni Gaudí is a globally recognized figure, and some of his works have become international icons. However, beyond his most famous creations, many of Gaudí’s…

June 25, 2025 6 min read

On This Day: Reus or Riudoms, the Roots of a Genius 

By: Ferran Garcés Gaudí was born on Friday, June 25, 1852, and was baptized the following day, with little time in between. Gijs van Hensbergen,…

June 19, 2025 4 min read

Did You Know? Gaudí’s Mediterranean sense of humor

By: Ferran Garcés  Gaudí was born in June, on the 25th of 1852, and died in the same month, on the 10th of 1926. In…

June 12, 2025 6 min read

Music in the Time of Gaudí: A Return to the Origins… 

By Ferran Garcés  To conclude our series on music during the Modernist era, we’ll mention one of the lesser-known aspects of that time—an aspect present…

June 5, 2025 7 min read

Music in the Time of Gaudí: A Visit to the Palau de la Música Catalana

By: Ferran Garcés The term modernist, when applied to music, is surrounded by ambiguity (1). Some musicologists even question whether modernist music truly existed, or…