Casa Vicens, Gaudí’s first house and the architect’s first major work, brings to the visitor one of the key pieces of Antoni Gaudí’s artistic career: the work that marked his starting point, an architectural jewel that was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005.
Built between 1883 and 1885 by order of Mr. Manuel Vicens, Casa Vicens is one of the first masterpieces of Modernism, the anticipation of Gaudí’s later work and a living example of the air of aesthetic renewal that was breathed in at the end of the 19th century throughout Europe.
In its origins, it was designed as a summer house with a garden, in which geometric shapes and rich ornamentation, inspired by the surrounding vegetation, are present both on the outside of the house and in its different interior spaces.