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World Heritage: Casa Milà VI

Restaurant on the ground floor. Modernist building in Barcelona, popularly known as "La Pedrera" (English: "The stone quarry"), a reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance.

Built: 1906-1912. Architect: Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926).

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Milà

 

Between 1984 and 2005, seven works of Gaudí were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The best known are parts of the still-incomplete church Sagrada Família. In addition to Casa Milà it is also Parque Güell, Palacio Güell, Casa Vicens, Casa Batlló and Crypt at the Colònia Güell. Ref: 320bis.

whc.unesco.org/en/list/

English:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gaud%C3%AD_buildings#UNES...

Español:

es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obras_de_Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD_(Patrimonio_de_la_Humanidad)

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