Casa Mila ( Antoni Gaudi ) by delaorden_ojeda
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History ( Wikipedia )
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".
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.
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 since been restored and many of the original colors revived.
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Comments (25)
quim2001
Precioso. Me gusta el contraste de color de la piedra con el cielo.
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.
722
Cool
pauldeleu
Impressive good shot.
Mondwin
Amazing art of Gaudì my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
wonderworld
How very magically and surrealistically WONDERFUL!!!
bugatti
Nice ...
DAVER2112
Really cool shot. :)
MOSKETON
Y YO SIN IR, QUE DESASTRE. ME ENCANTAN ESTAS FORMAS. YO QUIERROOOOOO.
lyron
Sólo Gaudí era capaz de algo así!!!
mgtcs
WOW....Marvelous structure and a superb capture, amazing place, really enchanting! congratulations!
flora-crassella
wonderful image!!!! great picture!!!!!
jmb007
belle architecture,superbe photo!!
PR0XIM0
This is really splendid
kobaltkween
which, i suppose, is a lesson. if you create a really brilliant design, it will probably meet a lot of opposition until people get used to it enough to see its beauty. thanks so much for the photo and the story.
npauling
A lovely capture of this beautiful building. It looks so different.
MagikUnicorn
LOVELY
psyoshida
How extraordinary. At first I thought it a model, until I read your description. All the more spectacular that exists in the world. Thank you.
jocko500
should have builded in a area of no codes. dreams of people need to come out at times. But he needed to go to a place where his dreams could happen. anyway this is something to see
CaressingTheDark
impressive work
velasco
Interesante detalle de este gran monumento tipico Guadisiano
RodolfoCiminelli
Impresionante arquitectura y espléndida toma fotográfica mi amigo......!!!!
emmecielle
Fantastic capture! :)
auntietk
Barcelona is on my list of places I'd like to go, and Gaudi's architecture is the main reason. Wonderful image!
KarmaSong
Terrific pov and superb capture of Gaudi's genius. Excellent work, Toni!