Casa Rocamora is a Spanish-Elizabethan style mansion on Carrer de Ballester, in the Putxet district. Its refined, palatial architecture separates it from the surrounding city streets. It was the private residence of Manuel Rocamora i…
Passeig de Gràcia Modernisme Walk
We'll stroll up Barcelona's grandest boulevard to admire the residential masterpieces of Antoni Gaudí and his fiercest rivals, seeing how a booming Catalan bourgeoisie fueled one of the most flamboyant architectural movements in European history.
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1. Casa Rocamora
2. Casa Lleó Morera
Casa Lleó Morera is defined by its ornate corner façade, where a cylindrical gallery rises to meet a delicate stone tempietto on the roof. Located on the corner of Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer del Consell de Cent, it sits within the famous…
3. Casa Mulleras
Casa Mulleras sits on the Passeig de Gràcia as a study in classical restraint, recognizable for the horizontal lines and rococo-inspired floral details that anchor its facade. Originally constructed in eighteen sixty-eight for Ramon Comas,…
4. Casa Amatller
Casa Amatller is distinguished by its dramatic, stepped gable at the very top of the façade, a design that mimics the profile of a jagged chocolate bar while echoing the architecture of Dutch townhouses. Located on the street known as the…
5. Casa Batlló
Casa Batlló is defined by its facade of shimmering, iridescent tiles and bone-like stone columns that seem to ripple across the surface of the building. Situated on the Passeig de Gràcia, this structure was originally a conventional…
6. Museu Tàpies
The Museu Tàpies is easily identified by the massive, tangled sculpture of aluminium and steel wires crowning its roof. Titled Cloud and Chair, the work by artist Antoni Tàpies depicts a simple chair emerging from a cloud, a recurring…
7. La Pedrera - Casa Milà
La Pedrera, or Casa Milà, is recognized by its undulating, grey limestone façade that ripples along the corner of the street like a weathered cliff face. Built by Antoni Gaudí between nineteen oh six and nineteen twelve, this was his final…
8. Casa Ramon Casas
Casa Ramon Casas, also known as Casa Casas-Carbó, stands on Passeig de Gràcia with a facade of carved stone that features symmetrical balconies and delicate vegetal patterns. Designed by architect Antoni Rovira i Rabassa and completed in…
9. Hotel Casa Fuster
Casa Fuster is distinguished by its exterior of white marble, a material choice that made it the most expensive private house in Barcelona at the time of its completion in nineteen eleven. Designed by the architect Lluís Domènech i…