At the beginning of the last century, the great master Antoni Gaudí created another mesmerising creation - Park Güell. another mesmerising creation, the Park Güell. The project was commissioned by Eusebio Guell, who wanted to create an area combining residential and garden areas, the so-called "garden city". a so-called "garden city". The Park Güell covers an area of 17.18 hectares and was built in several phases. was built in several stages over a period of 14 years, from 1901 to 1914. 1901 to 1914. The site was located on a hillside, and therefore the park had to be organised in several levels. several levels.
The territory of the future park was divided into many plots of land for the for the construction of mansions. But due to the distance from the city centre, the plots were not in demand. were not in demand, and Güell only managed to sell two of them. Thus, Güell's original idea of creating a populated mini-city was never realised. The plan for the park was to build a marketplace, a chapel, a theatre. a market, a chapel, a theatre, a gatekeeper's building. Nevertheless, some part of the plan was realised, and a fairy-tale landscape park was created of astonishing beauty.
Most significant are the two buildings at the entrance to the park, the gatekeeper's house and the administration building. These buildings look more like gingerbread fairy-tale houses. fairy-tale houses, as if glazed with icing. The grand staircase leads to the Hall of the Hundred Columns, which has amazing acoustics. On the lower level of the staircase is a fairy-tale character, the Dragon. character, the Dragon, made of mosaic. On the upper level of the park is the famous bench in the shape of a long fairy-tale serpent, created by Gaudí in collaboration with Josep Jujo. with Josep Jujol and is completely covered with mosaic shards that create incredible patterns. incredible patterns. The walkways, made of local stone, are also striking. local stone.
Each structure built on the territory of the park, represents a whole architectural work, and the style of the park. architectural work, both stylistically and decoratively complete. Each building, each element here is truly unique. The genius architect managed to create a real architectural and landscape masterpiece, recognised as a work of the world architectural art. of world architectural art, which has no equal, and is unlikely to be.
On the territory of the park is Gaudi's house-museum, where he lived from 1906 to 1926. from 1906 to 1926.
