Gaudi La Pedrera Roof

The building was accepted as a world heritage site by unesco in 1984 as part of an overall collection of projects delivered by gaudi in barcelona.

Gaudi la pedrera roof. Feast your senses on the multi sensory magnificence of a multimedia event within gaudi s la pedrera. Live jazz on the rooftop of gaudi s la pedrera casa milà enjoy live jazz catalan cava and romantic city views from the rooftop of one of antoni gaudi s most famous buildings. Information on visits activities rates discounts and events of la pedrera. La pedrera built between 1906 and 1912 has been open to the public since 1996 and has been classed as a unesco world heritage site since 1984.

The visit starts at ground level in one of the courtyards but rapidly translates by lift to the fantastic roof. La pedrera was gaudí s last civil architecture project and according to experts it represents a mixture of modernisme expressionism and naturalism sifted through the sieve of the artist s oneiric and religious universe. Casa milà if we use its real name is nicknamed la pedrera because of the use of stone blocks in the façade pedrera meaning quarry in catalan. For gaudi la pedrera represented the most advanced approach to a building on a chamfered street corner in the eixample in barcelona.

It consists of two blocks of apartments each with its own entrance structured around two large interconnected courtyards with ramps down to the garage for vehicles. In total you will tour 4 500 square metres divided across five floors. La pedrera is also the only gaudi interpretation centre in barcelona and is an essential place to visit in order to learn about the architect s entire body of work and his inspiration. Fantastic roof and much else this gaudi designed appartment block is an unusual and attractive place to visit.

Official website of casa mila the work of antoni gaudí in barcelona. Words photos by your rooftop rambling guide ben holbrook. The jazz nights at la pedrera are the perfect way to kick off a night out in barcelona. The stepped roof of la pedrera called the garden of warriors by the poet pere gimferrer because the chimneys appear to be protecting the skylights has undergone a radical restoration removing chimneys added in interventions after gaudí television antennas and other elements that degraded the space.

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