Casa Mila Gaudi (Detalles) by jeroni

Photography • Architecture • posted on Sep 07, 2009

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Description

Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera (Catalan for 'The Quarry'), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1906–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912. It is located at 92, Passeig de Gràcia (passeig is Catalan for promenade) in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was built for the married couple, Rosario Segimon and Pere Milà. Rosario Segimon was the wealthy widow of José Guardiola, an Indiano, a term applied locally to the Catalans returning from the American colonies with tremendous wealth. Her second husband, Pere Milà, was a developer who was criticized for his flamboyant lifestyle and ridiculed by the contemporary residents of Barcelona, when they joked about his love of money and opulence, wondering if he was not rather more interested in "the widow’s guardiola" (piggy bank), than in "Guardiola’s widow".[1] The design by Gaudi was not followed in some aspects. The local government objected to some aspects of the project, fined the owners for many infractions of building codes, ordered the demolition of aspects exceeding the height standard for the city, and refused to approve the installation of a huge sculpture atop the building—described as "the Virgin"—but said by Gijs van Hensbergen in his biography of Gaudi, to represent the primeval earth goddess, Gaia. [2] Casa Milà was in poor condition in the early 1980s. It had been painted a dreary brown and many of its interior color schemes had been abandoned or allowed to deteriorate, but it has been restored and many of the original colors revived. The building is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí". The building is now owned by Caixa Catalunya. Gracias por su comentarios en mi imagen de ayer:

Comments (37)

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stockmann

2:35AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

si, es molt interesant excel-lent foto 5+++++

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UteBigSmile

2:35AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Thank you for this very helpful info Jeroni! I love, as living here in Spain since a lot of years, Gaudi's art too, which is a very special and colorful one!!! Hug's Ute

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NoelCan

2:40AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Excellent commentary, and also an amazing pic..

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PSDuck

2:42AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Jeroni, what a very interesting construction and information! Something one does not see every day for sure.

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helanker

2:45AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Another of these awesome part of this beautiful building. I also like your framing alot.

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Alz2008

3:11AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Wonderful, Excellent well done..

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ledwolorz

3:12AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Beautiful.

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Faemike55

4:03AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Fantastic photo and wonderful history! Thank you for sharing them with us!

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miashadows

4:52AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Very beautiful and interisting.

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myrrhluz

4:53AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Wonderful information and another great shot!

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alphalioness

4:55AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Wild looking house. Hope you have more pictures. Would love to see it's entirety.

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Mondwin

6:03AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Ciao Whylma

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MOSKETON

6:13AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

FANTASTICA IMAGEN, PARECE MENTIRA QUE SE CONSIGA ESTA CALIDAD CON CANON, JE JE.

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RetroDevil

6:38AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

nice image!! i love Gaudis buildings.. i have a flick book of this house which zooms right in to one of those chimneys showing it is decrated with broken bottles.. crazy!!

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timtripp

7:28AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

thanks for the photo and even more for the info.

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Alex_Antonov

7:55AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Very nice!

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magnus073

8:08AM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Jeroni, amo esta foto mucho. Casa Mila Gaudi es un lugar hermoso, y una obra de arte verdadera. Gracias por la maravillosa historia, esto era una alegría para leer.

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