Palau Güell

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Palau Güell

building, Barcelona, Spain

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Antoni Gaudí
The patronage of Eusebi Güell
Soon afterward, Gaudí designed the Palau Güell in Barcelona (1886–90), whose restrained stone facade conceals a highly innovative interior organized around a soaring central hall capped by a perforated parabolic dome that filters light to resemble a starry sky; the building shows Gaudí continuing with surface decoration but also more…
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Soon afterward, Gaudí designed the Palau Güell in Barcelona (1886–90), whose restrained stone facade conceals a highly innovative interior organized around a soaring central hall capped by a perforated parabolic dome that filters light to resemble a starry sky; the building shows Gaudí continuing with surface decoration but also more…
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