Like the water that flows through these small gargoyles or spouts connected to a gutter, visitors of all kinds come and go as part of the many
Tours of Barcelona to enjoy the architectural design of a master applied to the natural environment of the mountain, in other less pompous words, Park Guell, the whim of a visionary architect, Antonio Gaudi, who was commissioned by Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi, Count, textile industry businessman, art patron and friend.
Following the Count's idea he was supposed to build a luxury garden city made of private plots surrounded by common greens, based upon a British model by
Ebenezer Howard thus the name
Park and not
Parc as in Catalan. The project was interrupted in 1914. Only three plots had been sold from a total amount of 60. The estate was sold in 1918 by Eusebi's heirs to the city council and became a public park.
Recommended: Some good tips for a Tour in Barcelona can be found in the travel section of The New York Times as
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