Gaudi style in architecture. Antonio Gaudí: the most enigmatic architect in history who worked wonders. Religious motifs in the architecture of Gaudí

Gaudi was also a rather unusual person. Faktrum talks about the great architect in a selection of fascinating facts from his biography.

Antonio Gaudi

1. A love of botany created an architect

A weak child suffering from rheumatism, Antonio Gaudi discovered the world of fantasy early on, learned to carefully observe and understand the language of nature. This served as the basis for many of the images and ideas of the young architect and gave him a sense of home (he remained faithful to his childhood friends for life, and his assistants mainly came from Reus, Tarragona and the surrounding area; this served as more than sufficient recommendation for Gaudi).

Even as a child, Gaudi became seriously interested in botany. He was genuinely interested in plants and the insects that pollinate them. The Spanish architect devoted his final school essay to bees. Later, his first academic project at the Barcelona School of Architecture was the cemetery gate, which was supposed to separate the world of the dead from the world of the living.

2. Hate straight lines and routine

Gaudi simply hated closed and geometrically correct spaces, and the walls drove him crazy. He avoided straight lines, considered them a product of man, and circles for him were a product of God. These life principles helped to leave him after his death eighteen beautiful architectural creations, each of which attracts great attention from tourists.

Gaudi had different eyes: one was short-sighted, the other was far-sighted, but he did not like glasses and said: "The Greeks did not wear glasses." Maybe that's why Gaudi's drawings, familiar to all architects, looked a little different. All his projects, from tiles on the pavement, benches and gates, to the Sagrada Familia (Sagrada Familia), Antonio designed in the form of original layouts, which with the help of mirrors turned into three-dimensional models.

3. Love of a lifetime

Gaudi never married. In all of Gaudi's life, only one woman is known to whom the architect showed signs of attention - Josephine Moreau, who worked as a teacher in a workers' settlement. She did not reciprocate and Gaudi went headlong into Catholicism.

In his youth, the architect was a zealous anti-clerical, wore expensive clothes, followed his appearance. The architect spent the last years as a hermit, devoting all his strength and energy to the creation of the immortal Sagrada Familia, which became the highest embodiment of not only his unique talent, but also his devout faith. By the way, he lived his last years of his life in it, leaving his usual home, taking up residence at a construction site in Spartan conditions.

4. Talent in everything

Gaudí was not only an architect, he was also an artist in the highest sense of the word. He designed not only buildings, but also amazing furniture, bizarre lattice fences, gates and railings. He explained his amazing ability to think and feel in three dimensions by heredity: his father and grandfather were blacksmiths, one of his mother's grandfathers was a cooper, the other sailor was "people of space and location." His father was a coppersmith, and this fact undoubtedly influenced Gaudí's predilection for artistic casting. Many of Gaudí's most astonishing creations are made of wrought iron, often by his own hands.

For example, the hands of Gaudi, together with cabinetmaker Juan Munne, made a garden bench made of artificial stone. It was intended for Park Güell. The original design of this unique bench combines everything that Gaudí put into each of his works: here you will find unusual proportions and a smooth pattern of lines inspired by organic forms. And most importantly, in accordance with the principles of Art Nouveau, all these aesthetic delights are combined with strict fulfillment of purely functional requirements for ergonomics.

5. Construction for a period of 140 years

After the ridiculous death in 1926 of the 73-year-old Gaudi under the wheels of a tram, he was buried in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia. The construction of the cathedral did not stop, but the pace slowed down markedly. And in 1936, war broke out in Spain and construction was briefly interrupted.

Anarchists destroyed almost all the drawings and models left by Gaudi for the followers of the construction of his offspring, setting fire to the workshops. But the construction of the temple continued after 20 years and continues to this day at the expense and donations of people. Currently, the construction is headed by the Catalan architect and painter Josep Maria Subirax.

It is interesting that the famous English writer George Orwell reacted quite positively to that act of vandalism. The cathedral, in his opinion, should have been blown up altogether. Orwell considered the architect's creations the ugliest structures in the world, and gloatingly called the protruding spiers bottles of port. Fortunately, not everyone agreed with this opinion.

Salvador Dali, on the contrary, admired the work of the architect and even organized in 1956 a celebration of Gaudi in the Park Güell. This made it possible to raise additional funds for the continuation of the construction of the Sagrada Familia. The love of Gaudi's life lives on.

The unusual architecture of Antonio Gaudí is the decoration of Barcelona. In the capital of Catalonia, 14 buildings of the master of modernism have been preserved: Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, houses, small architectural forms. All the masterpieces of Gaudí in Barcelona with a map and description. Addresses, opening hours, ticket prices, what to watch for free and how to avoid standing in lines.

Before you go to see Gaudí's creations, plan your time and calculate your budget. The sights of Barcelona are among the most popular and expensive in Europe. You can spend 2 hours waiting in line at the Sagrada Familia, and a ticket to Casa Batlló costs €23.50.

What to do? Choose only the most interesting places with paid entrance and book tickets online. In many cases, you can limit yourself to an external examination or visit a free part.

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Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia is a synthesis of the theory and practice of Gaudí architecture, the symbol of Barcelona. Construction has been going on since 1883, the surviving layouts and drawings allow Gaudí to continue his work using a computer. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (2005). In 2010, the Sagrada Familia was consecrated by the Pope and proclaimed a basilica.

• address: Carrer de Mallorca 401
• opening hours:
  • from October to March Mon-Sun 9:00-18:00
  • from April to September Mon-Sun 9:00-20:00
• tickets: €15/€13/€11
• Online ticket with audio guide entitles you to skip the line to the Sagrada Familia
• Free and skip the line with the Barcelona City Pass

Parish School of the Sagrada Familia

A simple brick and tile school building is adorned with an undulating roof. Antonio Gaudí lived in one of the rooms a year before his death. Now there is a museum dedicated to the construction of the church. Ticket entry to the Sagrada Familia.

Palace Guell

The palace was built for Gaudí's patron Eusebi Güell and combines medieval opulence with the architect's unique style. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (1984).

• address: Carrer Nou de la Rambla 3-5
• opening hours:
  • from April to October Mon-Sun 10:00-20:00
  • from November to March Mon-Sun 10:00-17:30
• tickets: €12/€9

The lanterns are made on a stone support with chrome-plated cast-iron columns topped with a helmet of Mercury with wings and a rod.

• address: Placa Real
• For free

Casa Batlló

A feature of the Casa Batlló is the almost complete absence of straight lines. The facade of the building depicts the shining scales of a monster with the bones and skulls of its victims.

• address: Passeig de Gracia 43
• opening hours: Mon-Sun 9:00-21:00
• tickets: €23.50/€20.50
• 20% discount with Barcelona City Pass

House Mila (Casa Milà, La Pedrera)

The last secular work of Gaudi, an example of Catalan modernism. The panoramic rooftop terrace is decorated with sculptures of mythological creatures that perform the practical function of ventilation.

• address: Carrer de Provenca 261
• opening hours:
  • from March 3 to November 1 Mon-Sun 9:00-20:30
  • from November 2, Mon-Sun 9:00-18:30
• tickets: €22/€16.50/€11
• Mila's house at night - night tour, projections in the rooms, audiovisual show on the roof of the terrace, a glass of champagne.
• 20% discount with Barcelona City Pass

Online tickets without queues

House Vicens (Casa Vicens)

Built in Mudéjar style with ceramic finishes and a parabolic arch. Gaudí's first major order from manufacturer Manuel Vicens. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (2005). For a long time it was privately owned, opened to the public in November 2017.

• address: Carrer de les Carolines 24
• opening hours:
  • Mon-Sun 10:00-18:00
• tickets: €16/€14

Combined ticket Three houses of Gaudí: Casa Batlló, Casa Mila, Casa Vicens allows you to visit all 3 objects without a queue and saves money! These museums are located close to each other and you will have the opportunity to see them all in one day.

House Calvet (Casa Calvet)

One of Gaudí's early creations was built for textile manufacturer Pere Màrtir Calvet. In 1900, the city council of Barcelona awarded it the prize for the best building of the year. Residential building, on the ground floor there is a restaurant.

• address: Carrer de Casp 48

House of Figueras (Casa Figueras) and Bellesguard Tower (Torre Bellesguard)

The neo-gothic house with a tower stands at the foot of the Tibidabo hill. Built on the site of the medieval castle of King Martin Human, reminiscent of his past.

• address: Carrer de Bellesguard 16
• opening hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-15:00
• tickets: €9/€7.20

Park Güell

This unique model of a residential area embodies the perfect harmony of nature and architecture. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (1984). Entrance to the park is free, the monumental area of ​​the park is paid.

• address: Carrer d'Olot 5
• opening hours:
  • January-February Mon-Sun 8:30-18:30
  • March 1-25 Mon-Sun 8:30-19:00
  • May 1-August 27 Mon-Sun 8:00-21:30
  • August 28-October 28 Mon-Sun 8:00-20:30
  • October 29-December 31 Mon-Sun 8:30-18:30
• tickets: €8/€5.60
• An online ticket to Park Güell is cheaper than buying at the box office and skipping the line!
• Free with Located in the Park Güell in the former Gaudí mansion. The museum tells about the life and work of the great architect in the period 1906-1925. The exhibition presents furniture and interior items.
  • address: Carretera del Carmel 23A
  • opening hours:
    • October to March: Mon-Sun 10:00-18:00
    • from April to September: Mon-Sun 9:00-20:00
  • tickets: €5.50/€4.50

  Pavilions of the stables of the Guell estate (Pavellons de la Finca Güell)

  
  

  Forged gates in the shape of a dragon close the entrance to the utopian park of the Hesperides.

  • address: Avinguda de Pedralbes 7
  • opening hours: Mon-Sun 10:00-16:00
  • tickets: €5.00/€2.50

  Teresian School (Col legi de les Teresianes)

  The religious symbolism of the building is complemented by towers crowned with a four-pointed cross. A closed educational institution where the children of influential parents study.

  • address: Carrer de Ganduxer 85-105

  Mirales Gate (Porta Miralles)

  A wall covered with tortoiseshell tiles.

  • address: Pg. de Manuel Girona 55-61
  • For free

  The Gaudí Exhibition Center is a unique museum dedicated to the world of Antoni Gaudí, using virtual reality to convey his incredible imagination.

The magical houses of Gaudí are located mainly in Barcelona, ​​since it was there that Antonio Gaudí lived and worked. Of course, not only Gaudí created modern Barcelona. The city knew many talented architects in a relatively short period of time, called the Catalan Renaissance. In addition to Gaudí's Barcelona, ​​there is also modern Barcelona, ​​Gothic Barcelona, ​​and the "Spanish Village" district, which embodies the styles of all Spanish provinces, and the famous Rambla - the area of ​​\u200b\u200bold Barcelona. But Gaudí's Barcelona is something special, incomparable. The thirteen objects (not always buildings) built by Gaudí in Barcelona give it its own character and charm and are an irresistible attraction for tourists.

At the beginning of Gaudi's independent work, his first, richly decorated, early modern projects were built:

"Stylistic twins" - elegant House of Vicens (Barcelona)

Quirky El Capricho (mood) (Comillas, Cantabria).

As well as the compromise pseudo-baroque Calvet House (Barcelona) - the only building recognized and loved by the townspeople during his lifetime (by the way, the house was built without a single load-bearing wall inside).

Gaudi was extremely unsociable and even closed. Even cruel to people. Gaudi never married. From childhood he suffered from rheumatism, which prevented games with other children, but did not interfere with long solitary walks, to which he was addicted all his life. He did not recognize luxury and wealth, he ate somehow and dressed somehow. when it came to him personally. But at the same time he built luxurious buildings. there were no records left of Gaudi, he had no close friends. And many circumstances of his life are still not clear. Kalvet's house inside:

Decisive for the flourishing of the young architect was his meeting with Eusebi Güell. Gaudí later became a friend of Güell. This textile magnate, the richest man in Catalonia, not alien to aesthetic insights, could afford to order any dream, and Gaudí got what every creator dreams of: freedom of expression without regard to estimates. Palace Güell:

A great architect who almost did not work with drawings, whose work is based on a scrupulous mathematical calculation, a subverter of authorities and a trendsetter who worked outside of established styles. His main tools were imagination, intuition and ... calculations in the mind. You could say he was an Einstein in architecture. Palace Güell, view from the roof:

Having gained financial "independence", Gaudí goes beyond the dominant historical styles within the eclecticism of the 19th century, declaring war on the straight line and moving forever into the world of curved surfaces to form his own, unmistakably recognizable style.

Antonio Gaudí y Cornet was born on June 25, 1852 in the small town of Reus, near Tarragona, in Catalonia. He was the fifth, youngest, child in the family of boilermakers Francesc Gaudí y Serra and his wife Antonia Cornet y Bertrand. It was in the workshop of his father, according to the architect himself, that a sense of space awakened in him.

Gaudí's Barcelona is a fairy tale embodied in architecture. Onlookers crowd in front of his residential buildings. It is strange that people live in these houses-terems, and not fabulous creatures; that under these rearing roofs, behind these curved facades with swollen balconies, everyday life goes on. It is even more difficult to imagine that every detail of this excessively lush decor carries not only an aesthetic, but also a functional load. That is, it was created not only to amaze the imagination: rich Barcelona residents are accustomed not only to luxury, but also to comfort.

With the completion of the palace, Antonio Gaudi ceased to be a nameless builder, quickly becoming the most fashionable architect in Barcelona, ​​soon turned into a "virtually unaffordable luxury." For the bourgeois of Barcelona, ​​he built houses one more unusual than the other: a space that is born and develops, expanding and moving like living matter.

Mosaic ceiling in the house:

Gaudí is a genius far ahead of his time. A phenomenon that defies explanation, let alone imitation. Unique, incomparable, inconceivable.

But his main creation, the pinnacle of his art and the outlet of his heart was the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Familia). In 1906, his father died, and six years later, his niece, who was in poor health, was his last close person. Gaudi completely closed himself, and made this temple his redemptive sacrifice. Imagine, all the money that he earned as an architect of the temple, Gaudí invested in the construction itself. For many years he worked for free, not considering himself in the right to appropriate the people's money - and the temple was built on donations from rich and poor people of Barcelona.

Gaudí did not hope to complete the Sagrada Familia during his lifetime. He dreamed of finishing the East Front of the Nativity so that the fruits of his efforts could be seen by his own generation. By this, he obliged future builders to continue work. He managed to finish the chapel, the apse (the semicircular part of the building), the section of the monastery, part of the vestibule<Розарий>and parochial school. The three bell towers of the Nativity façade were completed after his death. He left detailed drawings, 1:10 scale models, sketches of designs, so that his followers would not deviate from his plan. But to continue the construction was not easy: it required huge funds. During the civil war, it was decided to mothball it. Several times the Temple was under the threat of destruction.

The school was destroyed, Gaudí's workshop was ruined. The controversy over whether to continue or freeze the work was a logical consequence of the attitude of the authorities towards the work of the great Catalan. The work was either deployed in full front, then curtailed due to lack of funds. But then His Majesty the people intervened. Money continued to flow into the Temple Construction Fund. On average, construction requires three million dollars annually.

This year the Barcelona Jews donated five million. But even with a stable inflow of funds, construction is expected to take at least another 65 years, although no one can name the exact date. Could not name her and Gaudi. When asked when the Sagrada Familia would be completed, he answered: "My customer is in no hurry."

Now an arrow of a tower crane hung over the Temple. The interior is a huge construction site: concrete mixers, iron structures, reinforced concrete blocks, plaster decoration details, column capitals. The most advanced technologies and materials are used, which Gaudí did not know. Computer analysis confirms the accuracy of his calculations, which he tested with sandbags suspended from a mock-up. Skeptics doubt that the Sagrada Familia will ever be finished and that Gaudí's secret plan was to make its construction eternal.

Gaudi is considered to be a Catalan Art Nouveau. He is the brightest representative of it. But it does not fully fit into any architectural trend. With the same success, it can be attributed to the Moorish baroque, neoclassicism or neo-gothic. But he chose to arbitrarily mix all the architectural styles, creating his own eclecticism. What really distinguishes it from everyone else is the connection of architecture with nature.

Gaudi died when he was hit by the first tram at the foot of Mount Tibidabo. He was almost 74 years old. He probably could have survived, but the cab drivers refused to take the untidy, unknown old man to the hospital without money and documents, fearing non-payment for the trip. In the end, Gaudi was taken to a hospital for the poor, and no one could recognize the famous architect until his friends found him the next day. When they tried to transfer him to the best hospital, he refused with the words that "his place is here, among the poor." Gaudí died on the third day, June 10, 1926. In 1926, Antonio Gaudí, the greatest architect of the 20th century, whose creations now and forever defined the face of Barcelona, ​​was buried in the crypt of the unfinished cathedral.

Gaudi deifies nature. Its church spiers are topped with sheaves of cereals and ears of corn, the arches of the windows are crowned with baskets of fruit, bunches of grapes hang from the facades; drainpipes meander in the form of snakes and reptiles; chimneys are twisted with snails, grates are forged in the form of palm leaves. But Gaudi does something that no one has dared to do before him: he transfers the laws of nature to architecture. He managed to achieve a continuous fluidity of architectural forms, accessible only to living nature. It uses parabolic slabs and slanted tree columns. There is not a single straight line in his projects, just as there is none in nature.

Catalan Art Nouveau, the impetus for which was, in particular, Antonio Gaudi, arose on a powerful crest of national resistance. Catalonia has not always belonged to Spain. She became Spanish as a result of the royalist marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, the same one who sent Columbus on a journey and expelled the Jews from Spain. Over the next three centuries, Catalonia gradually lost its privileges and became more and more a Spanish province. Proud Catalans could not accept this. They strongly opposed the Spanish cultural expansion. The explosion of national consciousness affected all spheres of public life: music, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, theater, language. In the end, the Catalans returned their language - Catalan and achieved autonomous control. Barcelona has become the most beautiful city in the country.

By the way, at the dawn of his activity, Gaudí was associated with workers' unions. The labor movement in industrial Catalonia, especially in the textile industry, was most acute. Gaudí's first major project was the creation of a workers' town in Montaro. Subsequently, Gaudi moved away from the labor movement, became a devout Catholic and hoisted Christian symbols not only on cathedrals and residential buildings, but also on purely utilitarian buildings.

Among the residential buildings of Gaudí, the apartment building, which went down in history under the name "Casa Mila", is especially famous. This house was popularly nicknamed "Pedrera" ("Kamenyuka"), "Aspen's Nest" or, even worse, "Meat Pie".

But if only this one of all modern buildings in the world were left in the world, it would embody modernity in its perfect form. This six-story undulating building wraps around the intersection of Grazia Boulevard and Provenza Street. Visitors are allowed in there, like in a museum.

Anticipating the flow of visitors, Gaudi turned the roof into a terrace and at the same time an observation deck. In the basement, he placed the stables - it was the prototype of the garage. He was the first to use a ramp (rise from floor to floor) for horses and carriages - this principle was later used in multi-level parking lots.

A few months after Gaudí's death, a young Japanese sculptor, Kenji Imai, visited Barcelona. He was so impressed by the Temple that he decided to create a cathedral in Nagasaki based on his study of Gaudí's work. Since then, the Japanese pilgrimage to Barcelona began.

There are a lot of tourists here from other countries 🙂

Magic houses of Gaudí inspire many people

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A man who suffered from rheumatism that prevented him from enjoying life. Having lost his entire family and living alone, he never married. Who is he? An ascetic or a person limited by illness? He is Antonio Gaudi, a great artist, an architect! Antoni Gaudí y Curnet was born on June 25, 1852 in the town of Reus, in Catalonia. Four children were already growing in the family, Antonio became the youngest. The master notes that it was in childhood in his father's workshop that inspiration came to him.

In 1970, Gaudí entered the Provincial School of Architecture in Barcelona, ​​from which he successfully graduated in 1978. From 1970 to 1882, the future master made drawings in the workshop of Emilio Sala and Francisco Villar, developed drawings of small elements of urban architecture. Gaudí's main passion is creating for his own home.

In Europe at this time, the neo-Gothic style reigned. This period is characterized by a rapid start of reconstruction and restoration of churches and architectural monuments. It is here that the individual and unique style of Gaudí is formed.

Some of the first illustrious projects are the elegant House of Vicens in Barcelona, ​​El Capriccio in Cantabria, and the pseudo-Baroque House of Calvet (Barcelona). These houses are a combination of wealth and modernity, originality and uniqueness.

By coincidence, the textile magnate Eusebi Güell becomes a friend of Antonio Gaudí. In return for friendship, Gaudi gets the opportunity not to pay for the estimates of his projects, and Guell extraordinary and extraordinary creations. Gaudí builds chapels, wine cellars, houses and fantastic parks for the Güell family, such as the fantastic Parc Güell (Barcelona).

It was during this period that Gaudi became the most fashionable architect, who had customers who were ready to spend all their fortune on the master's bizarrely shaped architectural objects. Barcelona has been greatly transformed by Gaudí's fluid architecture. Vivid examples are the House of Mila, the fantasy House of Batlló.

Terrible and absurd was the death of the architect. On June 7, 1926, 73-year-old Gaudí walked to the church of Sant Felip Neri. He was a member of this church. On the way he is hit by a tram. Cabbers, mistaking Gaudi for a poor old man, refused to take him to the hospital. As a result, he was taken to a hospital for the poor, where they provided medical care appropriate for this segment of the population. Only a day later, the chaplain of the Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Mosen Gil Pares y Vilasau, found him. But the master's condition was so bad that subsequent treatment could not help him.

Antonio Gaudi: a short biography of the great architect from a small Catalan town.

Antonia Gaudi: a short biography

The architecture of Spain cannot be imagined without the majestic and slightly odious architecture of Antoni Gaudí. Like the history of all great people, the biography of the architect staggers with the number of dramatic details and discoveries ahead of time.

Antonio Placid Guillem Gaudí y Cornet is the full name of a Catalan architect born in June 25, 1852 in the north-east of Spain, in the autonomous cultural region of Catalonia, in the city of Reus. The architect's childhood was spent in a small house with four older brothers and sisters who did not live long. Father, mother Francesca Gaudí y Serra, kept his own workshop. Mother, Antonia Cournet-and-Bertrand, left the world early.

In 1879, after the death of his sister, Gaudí together settled in Barcelona with his father, where his father then died, and seven years later, poor health brought down his last relative - his niece. In the life of the young Gaudi, there was not only tragedy - since childhood he loved to be with his father in the workshop, where, according to the master himself, the spirit of the architect was born in him. Gaudi suffered from rheumatism, so long walks - the only passion for the rest of his life - were difficult. Hours of activity have replaced hours of reflection. Gaudí saw the world in constructs mixed with nature and bright colors.

The birth of the creator

In the 70s, Antoni Gaudi took preparatory courses, after which he entered the school of architecture, and successfully graduated in 1878. In 1870 he began working as an assistant to the architect Emilio Sala, and until 1882 under the auspices of the draftsman Francisco Villar. Repeatedly participated in competitions, created minor creations: fences, furniture, lanterns. At the end of the 19th century in Spain began the peak of the neo-Gothic style. Gaudí picked up the current - his work is becoming more and more bizarre. Early work was all eclectic: the influence of the historical architecture of Barcelona, ​​neo-gothic, early modern.

During this period, the following projects were implemented:

• House of Vicens (1888, Barcelona).
• El Capriccio (1885, Cantabria);
• House Calvet under the Baroque style (1900, Barcelona);
• School at the monastery of St. Teresa (modest Gothic, Barcelona).

Later, Anthony Gaudi would leave the world of eclecticism forever and develop his own style, recognizable for centuries. Works that already reflect the formation of an architect: Casa Batlló in 1906, Casa Mila in 1910 commissioned by well-known patrons in Barcelona. Customers said that genius was combined with whimsicality and unaffordable luxury in the works of Antoni Gaudí.

Personal life of Antonio Gaudi

The great architect spent his whole life alone, but contemporaries mention a connection with Joseph More- a teacher in the cooperative of the city of Mataro, who was a close friend of Antoni Gaudí. As for personality, in his youth, Gaudí was a fashionable, interesting and active person. He looked like a typical dandy 19th-20th centuries: correct haircut, fashionable suits, impeccable, well-groomed appearance. Antonio Gaudí was a real gourmet and esthete, he attended the opera, rode in a private carriage. However, towards the end of his life, his outlook on life changed dramatically - Gaudi stopped taking care of himself, began to dress modestly.

Antonio Gaudí died on June 10, 1926. On June 7, he was hit by a tram between Girona and Bailen streets, walking absently and looking at the buildings. He was mistaken for a poor old man with no money, so they took him to a simple hospital and provided minimal assistance. Several days of torment took away the architect. Gaudi was buried in a crypt (an underground cache of a medieval type in Western architecture, where the relics of saints were placed) of one of his unfinished temples.

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