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Catalonian World Heritage Sites
Marc Martínez Agüera
GIAT 1

2. INTRODUCTION
-Catalunya has five World
Heritage Sites:
• The Works of Antoni Gaudí
• Palau de la Música and
Hospital de Sant Pau
• Poblet Monastery
• Archaelogical Ensemble of
Tárraco
• Catalan Romanics Churches
of Vall de Boí

3. WORKS OF ANTONI GAUDÍ
Antoni Gaudí was born in
Reus in the 1852. It’s the
most important modernist
architect in Catalunya.
The seven works
which figure in the
World Heritage list
are:
• Parc Güell
• Palau Güell
• Casa Milà (or
Pedrera)
• Casa Vicens
• Sagrada Familia
• Casa Batllò
• Crypt of the
Colonia Güell
All his works were accepted
in the UNESCO’s World
Heritage list in 1984 and 2005

4. Palau Güell: constructed between 1886 and 1890. One of
the first important works by Gaudí.

5. Casa Vicens: constructed in 1888 in
Passeig de Gràcia. Gaudí’s first major
commision and the first house he ever
builds.

6. Park Güell: It was constructed
between 1900 and 1914. This
work shows the natural
epoque of Gaudí (first decade
of 20th century).
The famous dragon at the entrance.

7. Crypt of Colonia Güell: One of
the works commissioned by
Eusebio Güell. The constructions
began in 1908 and was finished in
1915 with only the construction of
the lower part, because the Güell
family stopped borrowing
money to Gaudí.

8. Sagrada Familia: The most
iconic temple of Gaudí in
Barcelona. It remains
unfinished because Gaudí
died before ending its
building. The construction
began at 1882 and Gaudi got
involved in 1883.

9. Casa Milà (or Pedrera) and Casa Batllò:
Both in the Passeig de Gracia, the Pedrera
was constructed between 1906 and 1910
while the Casa Batllò was build between
1904 and 1906.

10. Palau de la Música and Hospital de Sant
Pau
Lluís Domènech i
Montaner, born in 1850
in Barcelona and died
in 1923. It was a big
influence in the
«Modernisme Català»
movement.

11. Palau de la Música was built
between 1905 and 1908 as a home
for the Orfeó Català, is an iconic
construction of the Catalan Art
Nouveau. The building is designed
around a central metal structure
covered in glass.

12. Hospital de Sant Pau: It was
constructed between 1901 and 1930
and it was a fully functioning hospital
until 2009, year where it began a
process of restoration for being used
as a museum and cultural center.

13. Poblet Monastery
The Poblet Monastery is located in
Vimbodí, Tarragona; it is one of the
most complete Cistercian abbeys in the
world. It has been a world heritage site
since 1991.

14. This includes a fortified royal
residence as well as the pantheon of
the kings and queens of Catalonia and
Aragón.

15. Archaelogical Ensemble of Tárraco
The city of Tárraco was the first and oldest Roman settlement on the
Iberian Peninsula. We can say that it was an important Roman city by
the fact that it has an Amphitheatre, a Theatre and a Circus, which only
had the most important cities of the Empire.

16. The ensemble has 14
protected sites like the
aqueduct or the roman
walls. It was declared
World Heritage Site in 2000

17. Catalan Romanesque Churches of the
Vall de Boí
The Churches of the Vall de Boí are a
group of nine early Romanesque
churches named World Heritage Site in
the 2000.
Sant Feliu de Barruera
Sant Joan de Boí
Santa Maria de Taüll
Sant Climent de Taüll
Santa Maria de Cóll
Santa Maria de Cardet
La Nativitat de Durro
Sant Quirc de Durro
Santa Eulàlia d’Erill la Vall

18. The pantocrator in Sant
Climent de Taüll. The original
one is in the MNAC but you
can see a replica in the church.
The painting of the Virgin at Santa
Maria de Taüll it’s also kept in the
MNAC.

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