On September 15th we had the opportunity to visit the impressive headquarters of
Casa Àsia in
Barcelona, located in the beautiful modernistic building
Palau del Baró de Quadras, at the 373 of Diagonal Avenue. The house was projected by Catalan architect
Josep Puig i Cadafalch and built in 1904-1906. It has outstanding
gothic and
plateresque styles on the main façade on Diagonal Avenue, plus some notable decoration of Muslim inspiration inside. The building, just as many that can be seen in the streets of
Barcelona, belongs to the period of
Catalan Modernisme, a style of the late XIXth and early XXth centuries that influenced not only architecture, but also literature and plastic arts. In architecture, the most relevant names are
Antoni Gaudí,
Lluís Domènech i Montaner and
Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
Here there is a sample of the views that such a magnificent building can offer to the visitors.
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You can view the rest of the photographic report on on
Sinalunya's Flickr site.
For further information on this remarkable construction, take a look at
http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/AA208.htm, and for detailed information on
Catalan Modernistic architecture, you can visit
http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/EA001.htm.
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