Architect: Antoni Gaudà Between 1878 and 1880, Señor Manuel Vicens i Montaner commissioned Gaudà to build a house on the lot that he inherited from his mother in 1877. GaudÒs original plans are...
Architect: Ricardo Velázquez Bosco Within the park is the Estanque del Retiro, a large artificial lake. Next to the lake is the Mausoleum of Alfonso XII, featuring a semicircular collonade and a statue...
Architect: Ricardo Velázquez Bosco The Parque del Buen Retiro (Park of the Pleasant Retreat) is a large and popular, 140 hectare park in Madrid, Spain not far from the Prado Museum. Once outside...
Architect: Antoni Gaudà Palau Güell, or Guell Palace, was the first of many commissions that Antoni Gaudà received from Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi (1846-1918) a leading industrialist who later became the Count of...
Architect: Alberto de Palacio Elissagne & Gustave Eiffel The station was Madrid’s first railway station. It was inaugurated on 9 February 1851 under the name Estación de MediodÃa (South Station). After the building...
Architect: Joaquin de Rucoba Officially inaugurated on April 17, 1892., the stairs of the city hall mark the official height of the city, exactly 7 meters above sea level. In the 1920′s there...
Architect: Antoni Gaudà Casa Calvet was erected between 1898 and 1900 for the Calvets, a family of textile industrialists. It was built with offices on the ground floor, though the space now hosts...
Architect: Puig i Cadafalch Part of the “Mançana de la Discòrdia” or “Block of Discord”, the Casa Amatller is beside the Casa Lleó Morera and the Casa Batlló. This building with its stepped...
Architect: Puig i Cadafalch Named for the points which crown the gables and towers of this curious mixture of Loire Valley chateau and mansion. The building has florid decoration around the windows and...
