Casa Amatller

Casa Amatller is a building in the Modernisme

Modernisme

See also: ModernismModernisme also known, in English, as Catalan modernism, was the Catalan equivalent to a number of fin-de-siècle art movements, such as Symbolism, Decadence and Art Nouveau / Jugendstil, from roughly 1888 to 1911...

 style in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital, most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the 11th-most populous municipality in the European Union and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris,...

, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch

Josep Puig i Cadafalch

Josep Puig i Cadafalch was a Spanish Catalan Modernista architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona...

. Along with Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló , is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1905–1907; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia , part of the Illa de la Discòrdia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia.The local name for the building is...

 and Casa Lleó-Morera, it makes up the three most important buildings in Barcelona's famous Illa de la Discòrdia

Illa de la Discòrdia

The Illa de la Discòrdia , is a block of Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample District of Barcelona, Spain. The block is noted for having buildings by three of Barcelona's most important Modernisme architects, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Antoni Gaudí and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in close proximity...

("Block of Discord"), noted for its unique modernist buildings.

The building was originally designed as a residence for chocolatier Antoni Amatller and was constructed between 1898 and 1900.

External links

Official City of Barcelona Site