Park Guell is a public park on Carmel Hill in Barcelona, designed by the architect Antoni Gaudi for the industrialist Eusebi Guell. It was planned as a garden estate with sixty plots for houses, in the spirit of the English garden city movement, but only a few houses were built, and the project failed commercially. The park is known for its colourful mosaics of broken tile, including the long serpentine bench and the salamander fountain at the entrance. Its columns and paths imitate natural forms in the architectural language of Catalan Modernisme. The city of Barcelona bought the property and opened it to the public, and it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Gaudi's works.
Before and after
- from 27 November 1925 to 15 September 1926Urtatagai conflict
- from 12 December 1925 to 1 April 1979Pahlavi dynasty
- from 1926 to 1928Northern Expedition
- 1926Founding of ACF Fiorentina
- 1926Construction of Park Güell
- 1926Construction of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- 1926Publication of Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- 1926Establishment of Kruger National Park
- 1926Founding of SSC Napoli
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- c. 1920sRise of surrealism
- 1932Construction of Dong Hoi Airport
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- c. 1940sRise of Postmodernism
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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