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MODERNIST ENCLOSURE OF SANT PAU

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167, C/ Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Barcelona, Spain
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2024
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2024

A true modernist city in Barcelona offering a wide range of cultural activities

The modernist enclosure of Sant Pau is one of the most impressive works of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. First of all, its artistic and architectural value is indisputable, to which we must add the social significance of the building. In fact, at the end of the 19th century, a project was set up to replace the Santa Creu hospital, which had become dilapidated. The aim was to create a modern, state-of-the-art structure that would be able to care for the most needy. Domènech embraced this great cause and imagined a magnificent garden where patients could find a certain serenity that would make them forget their illness for a while. Admire the building at the entrance, all in exposed brick, with its wonderful mosaics! The tower at the top, with a clock, dominates the whole enclosure and seems to watch over the residents. You will observe some stone angels, carved by the hand of Pau Gargallo. Domènech and his son designed all the buildings as islands in an ocean of vegetation, connected by a network of galleries. Start by visiting the Sant Salvador pavilion, which presents the history of medicine in Barcelona, and then move on to the Sant Rafael pavilion, where you can see the interior as it existed after its construction. In 1997, the Sant Pau enclosure, an emblem of Catalan modernism, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Visited in april 2024
Wonderful architecture and interior ornaments. 17 eu may be too steep a price for what's offered though.
Visited in april 2024
The place isn’t worth its price. Pretty from the outside but nothing to see inside. There’s hardly any exhibition inside and most of the pavilions are closed for visitors.
Oh, and they charge €4 for their audio guide. I wonder what’s on that audio guide if there’s not much to see there in the first place.
Visited in april 2024
Maravilloso lugar!! Muy pocas exposiciónes.
Visited in april 2024
We did the place as a plug in component of our Barcelona tourist day. Reservations for Parc Gruell in the early afternoon and Sagrada in the early evening. This was the surprise highlight of the day. Maybe because we had no expectations of being astounded or maybe because we spent most of our careers in health care. But we were astounded and delighted. The campus is prettier than Princeton and even if the audio guide press clippings are mythology, the ahead of its time layout and green space are so cool. Imaging the world prepping for and engaging in trench warfare and mustard gas while these folks were figuring out how nature heals was a pleasure for the soul.
Visited in april 2024
Lugar, bonito, agradable y tranquilo en el centro de Barcelona un pulmón para gente de mucho dinero

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