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1. Casa Milà
Eixample | Building/Architectural SiteUsually referred to as "La Pedrera" (the Stone Quarry), this building, with its wavy, curving stone facade undulating around the corner of the...Read More
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2. Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
Eixample | Hospital–SightAmong the more recent tourist attractions in Barcelona, the Recinte Modernista (Modernist Complex) is set in what was surely one of the most...Read More
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3. Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família
Eixample | Religious Building/Site/ShrineBarcelona's most emblematic architectural icon, Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família, is still under construction some 135 years after it was begun...Read More
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4. Casa Amatller
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaThe neo-Gothic Casa Amatller was built by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1900, when the architect was 33 years old. Eighteen years younger than Domènech...Read More
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5. Casa Batlló
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaGaudí at his most spectacular, the Casa Batlló is actually a makeover: it was originally built in 1877 by one of Gaudí's teachers, Emili Sala...Read More
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6. Casa Calvet
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaThis exquisite but more conventional town house (for Gaudí, anyway) was the architect's first commission in the Eixample (the second was the...Read More
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7. Casa de la Papallona
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaThis extraordinary apartment house crowned with an enormous yellow butterfly ( papallona ) made of trencadís (broken ceramic chips used by...Read More
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8. Casa de les Punxes
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaAlso known as Casa Terrades for the family that owned the house and commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to build it, this extraordinary cluster of...Read More
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9. Casa Domènech i Estapà
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaThis less radical example of Eixample Art Nouveau architecture, now an apartment building, is interesting for its balconies and curved lines...Read More
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10. Casa Golferichs
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaGaudí disciple Joan Rubió i Bellver built this extraordinary house, known as El Xalet (The Chalet), for the Golferichs family when he was not...Read More
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11. Casa Macaya
Eixample | House/Mansion/VillaThis graceful Puig i Cadafalch building constructed in 1901 was the former seat of the Obra Social "la Caixa," a deep-pocketed, far-reaching...Read More
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12. Casa Montaner i Simó–Fundació Tàpies
Eixample | Museum/GalleryBuilt in 1880, this former publishing house, and the city's first building to incorporate iron supports, has been handsomely converted to hold...Read More
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13. Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona
Eixample | Museum/GalleryUnjustly bypassed in favor of rival displays in the Casa Milà, Casa Batlló, and the DHUB Design Museum in Plaça de les Glòries, this museum...Read More
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14. Museu Egipci de Barcelona
Eixample | Museum/GalleryPresumably you came to Barcelona to learn about Catalonia, not ancient Egypt, but you might be making a mistake by skipping this major collection...Read More
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15. Palau Baró de Quadras
Eixample | Educational InstitutionThe neo-Gothic and plateresque (intricately carved in silversmith-like detail) facade of this house built for textile magnate Baron Manuel de...Read More
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16. Passatge Permanyer
Eixample | Neighborhood/StreetCutting through the middle of the block bordered by Pau Claris, Roger de Llúria, Consell de Cent, and Diputació, this charming, leafy mid-Eixample...Read More
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17. Plaça de Catalunya
Eixample | Plaza/Square/PiazzaBarcelona's main bus-and-metro hub is the frontier between the Old City and the post-1860 Eixample. Fountains and statuary, along with pigeons...Read More
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18. Universitat Central
Eixample | Educational InstitutionBarcelona's Central University was built in 1889 by Elies Rogent. In its neo-Romanesque style alluding, no doubt, to classical knowledge, the...Read More
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