Explore Barcelona’s architectural landmarkets with us. From the 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites By Gaudi, to the work of LluÃs Domènech i Montaner, Josep Puig i Cadafalch and contemporary architects such as Ricardo Bofill.
Teatre Grec is a theatre made in the style of ancient Greece and set on Montjuïc, surrounded by parks and gardens. It was built out of a disused quarry for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition by the Catalan architect Ramon Reventós i Ferrerons.
Industrialist Eusebi Güell owned an estate in the Les Corts district with a Caribbean-style mansion called Torre Satalia, which is situated roughly where the Palau Reial de Pedralbes now stands.
Torre de Collserola was designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster and by the Spanish civil engineers Julio MartÃnez Calzón and Manuel Julià Vilardell. The tower was built in 1991 and is located on Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola. It is primarily used as a TV and radio transmitter.
Catalan entrepreneur Eusebi Güell launched the construction of the Colonia Güell in 1890 on his country estate Can Soler de la Torre, in the region of Baix Llobregat, about 20km from Barcelona.
Casa Milà , also known as La Pedrera (the quarry) was designed by Antoni Gaudà and built from 1906–1912. The building was commissioned by the industrialist Pere Milà and his wife Roser Segimon.
Antoni GaudÃ’s Casa Batlló was created between 1904 and 1906. The building was remodeled by Gaudà for the textile industrialist Josep Batlló from a previously built house.