Park Güell is Antoni Gaudi's most magical work in Barcelona.
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Park Güell – Antoni Gaudí's most fabulous work in Barcelona
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Park Güell (original name – Park Güell) in Barcelona is one of the most striking and famous works of the "great and terrible" Antoni Gaudí, which, like some other creations of the brilliant architect, was never finished.
Getting to this landmark is not easy: Park Güell is still far from the center of Barcelona, and during its construction, it was located in the middle of nowhere, specifically on Bald Mountain.
And yet, Park Güell has always been and remains one of the most visited attractions in Barcelona. Let's talk about the history of its creation.
In 1899, Eusebi Güell acquired a 15-hectare plot of land in Barcelona's ecologically pristine Salut district, 3 km from the city center.
The location, frankly, wasn't the most convenient for living: the terrain was extremely uneven (some streets still slope at 45 degrees), the lack of any decent infrastructure, and the distance from the center—but that was precisely what Güell needed.
The fact is that Count Güell, a man of diverse education, had spent many years in London, admired the city's gardens and parks, was well acquainted with Sir Thomas More's "Utopia," and, in general, was a man of highly enlightened views.
All these factors led Güell to the idea that took hold of him: to create an ideal settlement, a garden city, a commune for the wealthy, far from the hustle and bustle of the city—a place for a healthy and harmonious existence in harmony with nature and oneself. Güell's "personal architect," the brilliant Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, was tasked with implementing this idea.
Gaudi accomplished the task brilliantly. Under his leadership, a gigantic amount of work was completed over 14 years, transforming the area beyond recognition. However, looking ahead, this project, perhaps for the first time in Güell's career, was a crushing failure.
It was envisioned that the entire area not allocated for public spaces would be divided into 60 identical, triangular plots, which would be snapped up in no time by Barcelona's industrialists and merchants, who would commission the construction of villas on them—but this never happened.
Contemporaries did not appreciate the progressive ideas of the Guadí-Güell tandem - that is why, shortly after the Count's death in 1918, Güell's children sold Park Güell to the municipality, and Barcelona thus acquired an amazing masterpiece by Gaudi, which is now visited by up to 8 million people a year...