Antoni Gaudi was a modernist architect. He was born in Reus in 1852 and he died in Barcelona in 1926 before “La Sagrada Familia” was finished. It’s the biggest building that he designed, it’s still under instruction. He has done a lot of buildings in Barcelona. The most known Gaudi´s buildings are: “La Pedrera”or “casa Milà”, “Park Güell”, “La Casa Batlló”, “la Sagrada Familia”, “La Casa Güell”
“La Sagrada Familia" is a temple designed by Gaudi but is still in instruction. Last year the Pope came to La Sagrada Familia to bless the church that is inside of “La Sagrada Familia”. He celebrated a very big Mass. The central tower of the temple represents Jesus, another represents the Virgin and the others represent the evangelists.
Although La Sagrada Família isn't finished, it is still very beautiful to visit and to see how they are working to finish it.
Gaudí didn’t buildLa Casa Batlló he reformed it because the owners of “La Casa Batlló” asked him to do this job. On the front of the house, the balconies have the shape of bone which represent the victims a dragon, which is represented in the roof. The house represents Saint George's legend. The chimney is the sword that St. George stuck to the dragon.
“La Pedrera” is another house built by Gaudí. Their owners were the Milà family and this building is called “la Pedrera” because they had to bring many rocks to Barcelona and then they quaried the rocks in the house. ("Pedra" means rock in Catalan). The front of the house represents a snowed mountain. In the roof there are sculptures that seem fighters.
By Laura Colom and Ivette Sabanes
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