Park Güell in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí

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Description: Park Güell in Barcelona: detail of viaduct

TitlePark Güell in Barcelona: detail of viaduct

Creator nameGaudi, Antoni

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator roleArchitect

Creation dateUnknown

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationBarcelona, Spain

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsViaductsPlanned communitiesGardens--Spain

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The Park Güell, Barcelona (1900–1914)

Ignasi de Solà Morales

Description: The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the...

The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day

Eusebio Güell y Bacigalupi (1846–1914), founder of the Park Güell, was a well-known member of Barcelonan society in the last century, a sort of Maecenas-cum-industrialist. He was an important businessman, with interests in shipping, textiles, cement, tobacco, and the wine trade, but also a patron of composers, poets, painters and architects. One of the many artists who benefited...

Author

Ignasi de Solà Morales

PublisherMIT Press

Related print edition pages: pp.438-440

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00122.063

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17802&redirecttoanchor=30202

Chapter subject tags:Gardens--SpainPlanned communitiesParks--Public useCity planningGardens--Designs and plans

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