Barcelona Gaudí Architecture

 

    Barcelona’s most famous architect, Antoni Gaudi, was born in 1852. The city is full of his work, including the many houses he built for rich lndustrialists, like the famous La Pedrera (Casa Mila) building and Palacio Guell. From 1909 until 1926 Gaudi worked only on the Sagrada Familia. He got up at seven o'clock in the morning every day and walked to mass in Gracia. He ate lunch in his  workshop and worked until six or seven in the evening. He often didn’t eat for long periods of time. His furniture was an old bed and an uncomfortable sofa and he had an old coat for a blanket.

On the evening of 7 June 1926 a tram hit him as he tried to cross a road. He was dirty and wearing old clotheæ No one recognised him.Taxi clrivers refused to take him to hospital.  Rventually,  someone  took him to a pubüc hospital. When they discovered who he was, they moved him to a private room. He died three days later. His church is still unfinished but modern architects are continuing the work today.