Casa Mila ( Antoni Gaudi ) by delaorden_ojeda

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Sep 02, 2010

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History ( Wikipedia ) It was built for the married couple, Rosario Segimon and Pere MilÃ . Rosario Segimon was the wealthy widow of JosÃ© Guardiola, an Indiano, a term applied locally to the Catalans returning from the American colonies with tremendous wealth. Her second husband, Pere MilÃ , 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 widowâ��s guardiola" (piggy bank), than in "Guardiolaâ��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 buildingâ��described as "the Virgin"â��but said by Gijs van Hensbergen in his biography of Gaudi, to represent the primeval earth goddess, Gaia. Casa MilÃ 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. Thanks friends , back in a moment !

Comments (25)

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quim2001

5:52AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Precioso. Me gusta el contraste de color de la piedra con el cielo.

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kgb224

5:52AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Stunning capture my friend.

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722

5:55AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Cool

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pauldeleu

6:02AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Impressive good shot.

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Mondwin

6:08AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Amazing art of Gaudì my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma

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wonderworld

6:39AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

How very magically and surrealistically WONDERFUL!!!

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bugatti

8:57AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Nice ...

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DAVER2112

8:58AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Really cool shot. :)

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MOSKETON

9:23AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Y YO SIN IR, QUE DESASTRE. ME ENCANTAN ESTAS FORMAS. YO QUIERROOOOOO.

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lyron

9:50AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

Sólo Gaudí era capaz de algo así!!!

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mgtcs

11:08AM | Thu, 02 September 2010

WOW....Marvelous structure and a superb capture, amazing place, really enchanting! congratulations!

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flora-crassella

1:41PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

wonderful image!!!! great picture!!!!!

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jmb007

5:07PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

belle architecture,superbe photo!!

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PR0XIM0

5:17PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

This is really splendid

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kobaltkween

7:21PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

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.

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npauling

7:58PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

A lovely capture of this beautiful building. It looks so different.

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MagikUnicorn

9:46PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

LOVELY

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psyoshida

10:00PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

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.

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jocko500

10:35PM | Thu, 02 September 2010

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