The Station of France or knocking on Barcelona’s doors
“The Station of France was the laic cathedral when God was to run away.” Josele Sangüesa, musician and writer Even if the first railway line started to operate in Barcelona in 1848, the city had to wait until 1929 to have an station fitting its category, like Paris or...
The Saint Paul Hospital, a modernist building in good shape
Today we visit a hospital, and not because somebody is ill, all the way around, just to check the good shape of the Catalan modernist and its building. Just some weeks ago, the city of Barcelona received good news: one of its most singular buildings, the Saint Paul...
The Quatre Gats. Santiago Rusiñol and his friends have fun
If when somebody asks you if there were many people somewhere and you say "Bah, we were just four cats" that might look as a negative answer. This is just the opposite if we talk about the Quatre Gats, the tavern which became the heart of the modernist bohemians for...
Joan Miró (II). From Barcelona to Paris
Joan Miró (II). From Barcelona to Paris And here we have the second part of Joan Miró’s life. The last post about him, he had finished his college and found his first job. His intention was to work during the day et to improve his technique during the afternoon but...