Casa Ametller

European Gothic influences

Address:

Passeig de Gràcia, 41 - Sarria, Sant Gervasi & Tibidabo
08007 - L'Eixample
Barcelona

Nearest Bus or Train:

Passeig de Gràcia

Open Hours:

Not available

Built by modernist architect Puig i Cadafalch between 1898 and 1900, it belongs - together with Casa Lleó Morera and Casa Batlló - to what is called the Illa de la Discòrdia (Block of Discord), a group of three modernist buildings of great architectural and aesthetic value in the same residential block whose styles clash radically. Unfortunately, visitors are not allowed inside, but the view from the street is still impressive. It displays Central European Gothic influences, particularly in the pyramid-shaped roof and a touch of Catalan Gothic style in the window arches, but as a whole, it's clearly modernist, especially the ceramic façade.

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