Palau de la Musica Catalana.

Palau de la Musica Catalana.

This is a real palace of music, a Modernista (Catalonian Art Nouveau) celebration of tile work, mosaic, sculpture, and glorious stained glass. It’s a real jewel of Barcelona. The ellaborate red-brick facade is hard to appreciate fully in the confines of the narrow street. It’s lined with mosaic-covered pillars toped by busts of great composers: Palestrina, Bach and Bethoven. The top of the main facade is graced by a large allegoric mosaic by Lluís Bru that represents the members of the Orfeó Català, but it is impossible to see it clearly from the below. The rich decoration of the facade of the Palau incorporates elements from many sources, including traditional Spanish and Arabic architecture….

The Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) was designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It was built in Barcelona between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català, a choral society, that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença (Catalan Rebirth). It was inaugurated February 9, 1908. The project was financed primarily by the society, but important financial contributions also were made by Barcelona’s wealthy industrialists and bourgeoisie. The Palau won the award from the Barcelona City Council in 1909, given to the best building built during the previous year. Between 1982 and 1989, the building underwent extensive restoration, remodeling, and extension under the direction of architects Oscar Tusquets and Carles Díaz. In 1997, the Palau de la Música Catalana was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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