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Works of Antoni Gaudí

Seven properties built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) in or near Barcelona testify to Gaudí’s exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These monuments represent an eclectic, as well as a very personal, style which was given free reign in the design of gardens, sculpture and all decorative arts, as well as architecture. The seven buildings are: Parque Güell; Palacio Güell; Casa Mila; Casa Vicens; Gaudí’s work on the Nativity façade and Crypt of La Sagrada Familia; Casa Batlló; Crypt in Colonia Güell.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/320

The Works of Antoni Gaudí represent the creative architectural works of this Modernist architect from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gaudí was born in 1852, and died 74 years later in Barcelona. From the 1880s he did a lot of work for the Güell family, who supported him with money and gave him freedom in his work.

The designated World Heritage Site consists of the following works by Gaudí:

- Parque Güell (on the postcard)

- Palacio Güell

- Casa Mila

- Casa Vicens

- Nativity Facade and Crypt of the Sagrada Familia (on the postcard)

- Casa Batlló (on the postcard)

- Crypt at the Colónia Güell 

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/parqueguell.html