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Casa Vicens: Gaudis First Building Opens To Public

More than 130 years after it was built, the first building designed by Barcelonas famed

architect Antoni Gaudi opens to the public for the first time.

Casa Vicens was built as a summer home between 1883 and 1885 for Manuel Vicens i

Montaner, a brick and tile factory manufacturer. Then, in 2014, the house was bought by

MoraBanc, a prominent private family bank in Andorra, and after two years of renovation, the 19th

century building was opened as a museum.

"The mission of Casa Vicens as a house museum is to present the first Gaud house,

presenting it as an essential work to understand his unique architectural language and the

development of Art Nouveau in Barcelona," explained the executive manager of the project.

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