Trifter

Imagine a great metropolis like Barcelona, swarming in architectural and urban planning, but at first sight like so many others with its grand boulevards, large squares, its port and its new marina, and its neighborhoods can no longer murky. Consider also the representation you make of the architecture of the beginning of the century, and there you are about to fall down.

At the intersection of Passeig de Gracia and Carrer de Provence (not far from the paca de Catalunya), falls from the nose to nose with a real UFO architecture. Then offered him an unprecedented spectacle: a house facade in any wave, any pink salmon (slightly soiled by the time it’s true), with a gate and wrought iron balconies full of splendor is La Pedrera, the Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), built for the Milà family (it is also called, thus the Casa Mila).
The exterior is already moving.
It is simply beautiful and timeless. What I find equally amazing is that this house have been built in a neighborhood characterized by its aspect grid, you know what I mean, long avenues perpendicular to each other and this is unique in its facade type (the house was built early in the century) a sharp contrast in the surrounding landscape. We see the ground floor of huge stone pillars almost raw which looks almost like the bellbottoms and who exemplify the designation of the house La Pedrera which means “career”.

I draw your attention to the critical need to pass the entrance to this house, and the best was still to come.
Once passed the gate (obviously he pay an entrance fee, but sorry, I do not remember how much), we find ourselves in a sort of splendid patio between baroque and pure fantasy and whose forms evoke more the Barbapapa a classical courtyard.

When you climb the floors, you can visit the state apartments left with furniture and decoration of the time, very nice to watch but surprisingly sober compared to the arrangement of rooms and building in general.
By accessing the top floor, we find ourselves under the roof that resembles a loft with endless aisles with arches also completely wavy, like the facade. In this location, you are entitled to an exciting permanent exhibition on the design and architectural practices of Gaudi.

A final staircase takes you on what is surely the most beautiful roof in the world. Barcelona stretches before our eyes and the terrace which is the roof is in the image of the entire building: while curve, with a dive on the patio, different levels, and especially strange statues (I do not know if this is the right term!) that look like Darth Vader or meringues, the choices! The ultimate is to be found there at the time of sunset.