BARCELONA - GAUDI: PABELLONS GÜELL

Fantasy and technical innovation come together in the former gatehouses of the Güell Estate, on Barcelona’s Avinguda Pedralbes. The beauty and colour of the buildings don’t eclipse the main protagonist of the ensemble: the giant mythological dragon from the Garden of the Hesperides, a synthesis of Gaudí’s symbolism and craftsmanship.

Eusebi Güell’s desire to extend his family’s holiday home in Barcelona resulted in Antoni Gaudí’s first commission from the man who would become his main patron. Gaudí worked on the project from 1884 to 1887, relandscaping the garden and building the two gatehouses, which were intended to be the caretaker’s house and the stables.

Pabellons Güell designed by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona

Beautiful wrought-iron gate in the shape of a dragon of Pabellons Güell in Barcelona

Mithological dragon in Pabellons Güell designed by Antoni Gaudí

Pabellons Güell designed by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona

Güell Estate’s gatehouses have a stone base and brick parabolic arches with bright ceramic decorations in geometric shapes. 

I would like to give you some useful informatión in case you want to visit this building designed by Gaudí:

- Address: Avinguda Pedralbes, 7, Barcelona

- Phone: 933 177 652 / 934 020 243

- Guided Visits: 932 562 504

- Web site: www.rutadelmodernisme.com

- E-mail: cultura-impuqv@bcn.cat

- How to get there:

• Metro L3, stop Palau Reial
• Bus 7, 33, 63, 67, 74, 75 and 78
• Tram T1, T2 and T3, stop Palau Reial
• Barcelona Bus Turístic, stop Palau Reial.

Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Clicking on the next links you will find more pictures of the most important buildings designed by Antoni Gaudí:

• Sagrada Familia
• Park Güell
• Casa Vicens
• Casa Milà (also known as La Pedrera)
• Casa Batlló
• Palau Güell
• Col·legi de les Teresianes
• Casa Calvet
• Torre Bellesguard and Viaduct
• Crypt of the church of Colonia Güell
• El Capricho (built in Comillas, a lovely village in Cantabria)

Besides, other modernist buildings you can visit in Barcelona are:

• Hospital de Sant Pau
• Palau de la Música Catalana
• La Boqueria
• Casa Fuster
• Casa Terrades or "Casa de les Punxes"
• Casa Thomas
• Casa Amatller
• Casa Lleó i Morera
• Casa Martí (Restaurant els Quatre Gats)

Finally, clicking on the next link you will find more links to other beautiful places in Barcelona, among them, more fantastic modernist masterpieces you can see along the Modernist Route.