Located in a forest within the municipality of La Pobla de Lillet, this is the least well-known and most isolated of Gaudí’s works. After years of doubt, it has only recently been confirmed as the architect’s work thanks to an investigation commissioned by the Generalitat de Catalunya that has coincided with Gaudí Year.
The chalet refuge was designed as housing for engineers and workers in the coal mines managed by Companyia Asland, a company owned by Gaudí’s patron, Eusebi Güell, who was also the owner of the Clot del Moro cement factory in Castellar de n’Hug.
A scientific study commissioned by the Department of Culture at the Gaudí Chair at the UPC, led by Galdric Santana, has made it clear that the structures and techniques used in its construction prove beyond doubt that Gaudí was the person who designed it.
The building can only currently be seen from the outside.
Catllaràs refuge
Forest trail in the Catllaràs mountain range, about 12 km from the town of La Pobla de Lillet
https://turismelillet.cat/tour-item/xalet-del-catllaras/?lang=en
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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.
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