2 - Casa Vicens

If you visit the city famous by Gaudi’s art, it makes sense for you to visit his first works, right? Barcelona’s Casa Vicens is the first of Gaudí’s works in Barcelona. There, he was able to show for the first time all his talent and for that it is considered the first masterpieces of Modernism on this city.

The bright colors, the inspiration from the world of nature that you can find in the decoration and the corridors that seem like infinite corners that can lead you to anywhere, will stay in your memory. It is located in the calm neighbourhood of Gràcia. If you also plan to visit the Tibidabo church and park (and you should) you can see the house on the way. It won’t take you much time, around one hour will be enough to admire and get a closer feeling of the Gaudí amazing creativity.

Barcelona’s Casa Vicens was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005, is located in the neighbourhood of Gràcia and the building is covered with spectacular green and white tiles.

It was built by a young Gaudí as a summer home commissioned by Manel Vicens y Montaner (1836-1895), a stock market dealer and broker. It is the first of Gaudí’s works in Barcelona in which he was able to display the full range of his talents. He created an innovative and original project that broke completely with the style of anything else built in Catalonia up to that point. Casa Vicens is one of the first examples of an aesthetic renewal in art and architecture that took place in Europe at the end of the 19th century. It marks the beginning of Gaudí’s artistic career and is considered to be one of the first masterpieces of Modernism.

The most important source of inspiration in all Gaudí’s work is the world of nature, and Casa Vicens is one of the first examples, given that it represents and incorporates a variety of natural elements into the overall design.