June 10 is considered the International Day of Modernisme, commemorating the death of two great architects of the modernist movement: Antoni Gaudí, who died at the Hospital de la Santa Creu on June 10, 1926, and the Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner, died on the same day in 1914.
On the occasion of the International Day of Modernisme, the Pavilions Güell, which Gaudí built for his patron Eusebi Güell in the years 1884-1887, will open on Sunday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pavilions Güell
Avinguda Pedralbes, 7. Barcelona
Tel. 933 177 652
Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
Guided tours:
English at 10, 11 and 3 pm
Catalan at 12 p.m
Spanish at 1 p.m
Get the Guidebook of Barcelona Modernisme Route
The Barcelona Modernisme Route is an itinerary through the Barcelona of Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch, who, together with other architects, made Barcelona the great capital of Catalan Art Nouveau. With this route you can discover impressive palaces, amazing houses, the temple that is symbol of the city and an immense hospital, as well as more popular and everyday works such as pharmacies, shops, shops, lanterns or banks. Modernisme works that show that Art Nouveau took root in Barcelona and even today is still a living art, a lived art.
The Guidebook of Barcelona Modernisme Route can be acquired in our centers of Modernisme.
