🏛️ Works of Antoni Gaudí: Park Güell
Urban park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Barcelona, Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Designed: 1900–1914; opened to public 1926
- Area: 17.2 hectares (42.5 acres)
- UNESCO inscription: 1984
Park Güell is an urban park in Barcelona that demonstrates the integration of artistic decoration with functional landscape planning through early 20th-century modernist design. Originally envisioned by entrepreneur Eusebi Güell as a gated residential community between 1900 and 1914, the project failed commercially and was converted to public use in 1926. Park Güell was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. As of 2026, the park remains in active use and generally well-maintained by ...