Guell Park


  • Caption
    View of Wall
    Date
    5/26/2007 (creation)
Related person
Antoni Gaudí (architect)
Date
1900-1914
Location
Europe->Spain->Catalonia->Barcelona
Description
Count Eusebi Güell, a wealthy businessman, conceived the project as infrastructure for a garden suburb on what Gaudi described as 'the treeless mountain'. It was commercially unsuccessful and was given to the city as a permanent park in 1923. Keywords: Spain, Parque Guell, outdoor spaces, parks, mosaic. Submitted by Dan Carney.
Style/Period
1900s (1900 - 1909)
1910s (1910 - 1919)
Expressionist
Material
stonework
stone and/or rock