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The Prettiest Chimneys I’ve Ever Seen at Palau Guell

06/07/16 | Barcelona, Spain, Travel, UNESCO

Barcelona City Guide - Antoni GaudI Designed Barcelona Mansion - Palau Guell Green Chimney

In the heart of Barcelona, just off  la Rambla, you can find a mansion designed by the Gaudi in the late 1800’s and it is an architectural feat sure not to miss. Palau Guell was one of Antoni Gaudí’s first big public commissions for the industrial tycoon and senator Eusebi Güell as a home from him, his wife, and their ten children.

One morning last month in Barcelona my mom and I took a self guided tour but before I show you the inside I am going to skip to the roof because why save the best for last? As my dad told me this weekend, he usually only gets through four or five pictures before he gets board and the roof of Palau Guell was the best part! Using his “limitless imagination” (so said the audio guide) Gaudi decorated all  15 of the mansions chimneys as well as the covers of smoke stacks from the kitchen with shards of ceramic, glass, brick, sandstone, and marble. The audio guide shared this and more and my mom and I had a great time exploring the, “undulating roof” of Palau Guell.

One of the oddest things to me – these photos were all taken within 15 minutes of each other on the same morning and the sky looks incredibly different in each one – not just like I adjusted the colors and they are different shades of blue  – I am talking from pure blue, not a cloud in the sky, to overcast – how bizarre!

Kelly and Mom on the Palau Guell RoofAntoni GaudI Designed Lightning RodBarcelona City Guide - Antoni GaudI Designed Barcelona Mansion - Palau Guell Mosaic ChimneyPalau Guell Mom with Gaudi ChimneyBarcelona City Guide - Antoni GaudI Designed Barcelona Mansion - Palau Guell Rainbow Colored ChimneyTravel Blogger Sparkles and Shoes Palau Guell with the Chimney in Ellie Kai
Okay, well now that those pretty pictures are done with, let me take you through a photo tour of the mansion – the first four floors you walk through in order to get to the gorgeous roof.  As I mentioned at the start of this post, Gaudi created this stunning house at the beginning of his career and the audio guide did a great job telling the story of every room and providing great quips about how the family lived in this spectacular house.

It was built in a very vertical fashion as the total plot size is only 500 square meters and not only did Gaudi design the building but he also directed the interior decor which they recreated for the tour.  Just like my mom likes movies based on true stories there was an exhibit in the attic that gave a great perspective to the hour and a half worth of architecture we as they had a four room display of all of the work done in the seven years Palau Gu?ell was closed for restoration – it only reopened in 2011!  I loved all of the touches of wood, wrought iron, and marble from all over the world throughout the house – it was clear no expense was spared. And did I lay down on the floor to get the shot of the gold ceiling? You better believe it.

Palau Guell FacadeAntoni GaudI Designed Mansion Front GatePalau Guell Guided TourBarcelona Travel Guide - The Stable and CourtyardPalau Guell Coach House DoorPalau Guell VestibuleBarcelona SelfieBarcelona Stained Glass Window DetailBarcelona City Guide - Antoni GaudI Designed Barcelona Mansion - Palau Guell Grand StaircaseBarcelona City Guide - Antoni GaudI Designed Barcelona Mansion - Palau Guell Dining Room

Palau Gu?ell Grand StaircasePalau Gu?ell Central HallPalau Guell Central HallBarcelona Mirror SelfieAntoni GaudI Designed Palau Guell Visitors Room Gold CeilingAntoni GaudI Designed Stained Glass Window SetAntoni GaudI Designed Hall of Lost StepsPalau Guell Door

Isn’t it such a pretty place?

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Comments

  1. Boutique says

    June 8, 2016 at 1:58 am

    These chimneys are so creative and unique. I am loving it.

    Roxcii
    Formal Dress Boutiques

  2. Mademoiselle Coconath says

    June 7, 2016 at 11:09 pm

    They are so creative! Love the pictures!
    xx
    Mademoiselle Coconath
    http://mllecoconath.com

  3. Helene says

    June 7, 2016 at 11:39 am

    These are so cool!! Barcelona is so incredible!

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