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La Casa Milà, detta La Pedrera (cava di pietra), fu costruita tra il 1905 e il 1912 da Antoni Gaudí a Barcellona, in Spagna, al numero 92 del celebre Passeig de Gràcia, nella zona d'espansione dell'Ensanche (in catalano, Eixample), su incarico di Roser Segimon e Pere Milà per il loro imminente matrimonio. Dal 1984 è stata dichiarata dall'Unesco Patrimonio Mondiale dell'Umanità, insieme ad altre opere di Gaudí.

 

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Casa Milà , better known as La Pedrera, ( meaning 'The Quarry'), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912. It is located at 92, Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

In 1984, it was declared World Heritage by UNESCO. The building is made open to the public by the CatalunyaCaixa Foundation, which manages the various exhibitions and activities and visits to the interior and roof.

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