{"id":87879,"date":"2017-06-26T11:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=87879"},"modified":"2017-06-26T11:45:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:45:14","slug":"casa-comalat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/casa-comalat\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Casa Comalat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\">The city of Barcelona stands out for its <strong>modernist architecture<\/strong> designed by great minds throughout time. Many of the unique constructions became icons of the skyline of the city,<span class=\"\">\u00a0such as <strong>Casa Batll\u00f3,<\/strong> <strong>La Pedrera<\/strong>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/casa-amatller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Casa Amatller<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which are some of Barcelona&#8217;s best-known<strong> modernist buildings<\/strong> and are visited by thousands of tourists each year.<\/span> <span class=\"\">However, <strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong> wants to share with you another impressive <strong>modernist building<\/strong> that is not so well known by the public:\u00a0<strong>Casa Comalat<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/alternative-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternative architecture to discover in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/casa-comalat\/#History\" title=\"History\">History<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/casa-comalat\/#Characteristics\" title=\"Characteristics\">Characteristics<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"History\"><\/span>History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_88160\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88160\" class=\"wp-image-88160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4022473742_b9135afb45_b-300x400-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Francesc_2000 via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"La Casa Comalat de Barcelona fue dise\u00f1ada por el arquitecto local Salvador Valeri i Pupurull (1873-1954) en un proyecto que comenzar\u00eda en 1906 y que se ver\u00eda terminado en el 1911. El solar donde se construir\u00eda este edificio modernista fue comprado cuatro a\u00f1os antes por\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelonaturisme.com\/wv3\/es\/page\/1155\/casa-comalat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Casa Comalat de Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> was designed by the local architect <strong>Salvador Valeri i Pupurull<\/strong>\u00a0in a project that began in 1906 and was\u00a0finished in 1911. The site where this <strong>modernist building<\/strong> was erected\u00a0was bought four years earlier by\u00a0<\/span><span title=\"un prestamista de la ciudad, llamado Joan Comalat Ale\u00f1\u00e0, que fue el que le encarg\u00f3 dicho trabajo a Salvador Valeri, de ah\u00ed el nombre de Casa Comalat.\">Joan Comalat Ale\u00f1\u00e0, who then commissioned the work to <strong>Salvador Valeri.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span title=\"En su momento, el arquitecto Salvador Valeri cont\u00f3 con algunos de los mejores artesanos de la ciudad para la construcci\u00f3n de este edificio, para darle a la fachada y al interior una decoraci\u00f3n \u00fanica inspirada en motivos florales, vegetales, animales, motivos figurativos, org\u00e1nicos y\">At the time, the architect <strong>Salvador Valeri<\/strong> counted on some of the <strong>best craftsmen of the city<\/strong> for the construction of this building, to give to the facade and the interior a unique decoration with floral, animal and g<\/span><span title=\"geom\u00e9tricos, y convirtiendo su proyecto en una realidad, siendo uno de los edificios modernistas m\u00e1s bonitos de Barcelona.\">eometric <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"En su momento, el arquitecto Salvador Valeri cont\u00f3 con algunos de los mejores artesanos de la ciudad para la construcci\u00f3n de este edificio, para darle a la fachada y al interior una decoraci\u00f3n \u00fanica inspirada en motivos florales, vegetales, animales, motivos figurativos, org\u00e1nicos y\">motifs<\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"geom\u00e9tricos, y convirtiendo su proyecto en una realidad, siendo uno de los edificios modernistas m\u00e1s bonitos de Barcelona.\">, creating one of the most beautiful <strong>modernist buildings<\/strong> in Barcelona. <\/span><span title=\"La Casa Comalat pertenece al primer per\u00edodo del arquitecto Salvador Valeri, en el que pose\u00eda una visi\u00f3n del modernismo muy personal, pero con clara inspiraci\u00f3n por las obras del maestro arquitecto Antoni Gaud\u00ed, y este proyecto, adem\u00e1s, ha sido una de sus grandes obras en\"><strong>Casa Comalat<\/strong> is clearly inspired by the work of the master architect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/tickets-sagrada-familia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Antoni Gaud\u00ed<\/strong><\/a>, but is also quite original, which makes it<\/span><span title=\"toda su carrera arquitect\u00f3nica, una de sus obras m\u00e1s significativas y ha sido considerado como uno de los edificios m\u00e1s impresionantes del modernismo barcelon\u00e9s.\"> a site that is definitely worth visiting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/architecture-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The old and the new: Barcelona&#8217;s most stunning architecture<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Characteristics\"><\/span>Characteristics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_88158\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88158\" class=\" wp-image-88158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5686092659_5afc6afdd3_c-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"234\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Liz Castro v\u00eda VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Este edificio tan original se caracteriza por sus dos fachadas, la principal en la Diagonal y la posterior en la calle de C\u00f3rcega.\">This original building is characterized by <strong>its two facades<\/strong>, the main one in<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/restaurants-avenida-diagonal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diagonal Avenue<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the back one in\u00a0<strong>C\u00f3rcega street.<\/strong> <\/span><span title=\"La fachada principal est\u00e1 construida en piedra y cuenta con muchos elementos decorativos, en la cual destaca un estilo m\u00e1s formal y sim\u00e9trico.\">The main facade is built in stone and has many decorative elements, it&#8217;s quite formal and symmetrical.<\/span> <span title=\"En la parte inferior destaca una gran puerta de madera con forja de hierro, con dos balcones a los lados con formas que recuerdan al estilo de Gaud\u00ed, mientras que en la parte superior se encuentra una abertura calada con una ornamentaci\u00f3n con motivos florales y guirnaldas,\">In the lower part, a <strong>large wooden door<\/strong>\u00a0stands out with two balconies on the sides with shapes reminiscent of <strong>Gaud\u00ed&#8217;s style<\/strong>, while at the top there is <\/span><span title=\"coronada por una torre revestida con cer\u00e1mica de color verde.\">an impressive tower with green ceramics. <\/span>The <strong>back facade<\/strong>\u00a0is totally different from the main one, it is much more innovative and free, very round and very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/casa-batllo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Casa Batll\u00f3<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<span title=\"Se trata de una fachada muy colorista y con galer\u00edas de madera cerradas por persianas.\">It is a very colorful facade with wooden galleries closed by shutters. The building is privately owned and you cannot visit the interior, but you can peek at the main corridor and take great pictures from the outside.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for an apartment in the city? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShBarcelona<\/a><\/strong> is the answer.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"87879\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Barcelona stands out for its modernist architecture designed by great minds throughout time. Many of the unique constructions became icons of the skyline of the city,\u00a0such as Casa Batll\u00f3, La Pedrera, or\u00a0Casa Amatller\u00a0which are some of Barcelona&#8217;s best-known modernist buildings and are visited by thousands of tourists each year. 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