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The Park Güell is an absolute must-see when visiting Barcelona!
The park was commissioned by Graf Eusebi Güell in 1900. Eusebi was very much adherent to the idea English garden cities.

However, the project failed before its completion due to financial reasons. In the run-up to the project 60 villas were supposed to be sold in order to finance the garden city.
Unfortunately Gaudí’s and Güell’s idea was not being accepted by the Catalan upper class and thus hardly any villas were being demanded. Only Gaudí and a friend each bought one of the buildings.

Gaudí attached great importance to construct the park in an environmentally friendly and cost-efficient manner. For example he used waste of the nearby ceramic factory.
For the most part he cultivated the landscape as he found it. Instead of artificially adapting it, he adjusted his construction plans to the local condition. For this purpose he used terraces and supporting walls, which perfectly harmonise with the terrain due to their organic forms.