{"id":59610,"date":"2015-11-11T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=59610"},"modified":"2018-02-19T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:45:34","slug":"visit-torre-bellesguard-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/visit-torre-bellesguard-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the modern Torre Bellesguard in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Torre Bellesguard<\/strong> is the popular name of Casa Figueras<\/strong>, a house belonging to the Guilera family for more than seventy years.<\/p>\n

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Photo by GerthMichael via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaud\u00ed, Torre Bellesguard<\/strong> was built during the years of 1900 and 1909, right by Sierra de Collserola in Barcelona, in the Sarri\u00e0-Sant Gervasi district.<\/p>\n

This neo-gothic house was influenced by gothic medieval art. Gaud\u00ed<\/strong> had been studying the gothic style from various regions in Spain, like L\u00e9on and Burgos. Gaud\u00ed came to the conclusion that the gothic style was flawed\u00a0and decided to try and solve some of the style\u2019s issues himself, by creating new and innovative techniques.<\/p>\n

The modern Torre Bellesguard<\/a><\/strong> was actually build using some of the remaining elements of an old castle that used to exist at that same spot, which explains why the house resembles a castle from the outside.<\/p>\n

The name Bellesguard<\/strong> means \u201cbeautiful view\u201d.<\/p>\n

Related article: Miniature Catalonia in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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