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Barcelona UNESCO world heritage sites

Gaudi's Crypt at Carrer Claudi Guell, La Colonia Guell
The church, now known as the crypt, included Gaudi's architectural innovations for the first time: catenary arches, outer walls and vaults in the shape of hyperbolic parabolas, decorative broken mosaic tiling, known as "trencadis", and the integration of materials into their natural surroundings.

Guell Palace at Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 3-5
This palace residence of the Guell family, was built with the biggest quality materials, basically in stone recovered with marble and decorated with the most delicate furniture and artistic objects. The building has a practically square plant and the distribution changes in each floor, from the basement – old stables – to the loft, to adapt it to their specific functions.

Palace of Catalan Music *** at Carrer del Palau de la Musica, 4-6
The design of the palace is typical of Catalan modernism in that curves predominate over straight lines, dynamic shapes are preferred over static forms, and rich decoration that emphasizes floral and other organic motifs is used extensively.

House Batllo at Passeig de Gracia, 43
The ground floor, in particular, has unusual tracery, irregular oval windows and flowing sculpted stone work. There are few straight lines, and much of the façade is decorated with a colorful mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadis). The roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur.

House Mila at Provenca, 261-265
Casa Mila (1906-1912) is Antoni Gaudi’s most iconic work of civic architecture due to both its constructional and functional innovations, as well as its ornamental and decorative solutions.

House Vicens Gaudi at Carrer de les Carolines, 20
Neo-Mudejar architecture is a type of Moorish revival architecture that Gaudi incorporated into Casa Vicens. The years 1883-1888 are described as Gaudi’s orientalist period. Casa Vicens incorporates Catalan, Islamic, Japanese and English inspirations and techniques.

Park Guell at Carrer Olot, 1
In the design of Park Guell, Gaudi unleashed all his architectonic genius and put to practice much of his innovative structural solutions that would become the symbol of his organic style and that would culminate in the creation of the Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family (Catalan: Sagrada Familia).

Hospital of la Santa Creu i Sant Pau *** at Carrer de Sant Quinti, 89
The Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - or "Hospital Sant Pau" - has evolved from a medieval charitable home to a modern hospital since its founding about 600 years ago. Today, the Hospital Sant Pau is also one of the most beautiful and significant modernistic complexes.

Nativity Fassade and Crypt of the Sagrada Familia at Carrer de Mallorca, 401
In 1882, construction of Sagrada Familia started under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudi took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.