This route enables us to discover the twenty-six outstanding Modernist buildings in the city centre. The visitor thus has an opportunity to discover the most significant features of this architectural style and to admire works by Domènech i Montaner, as well as by local architects such as Pere Caselles or Joan Rubió i Bellver.
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This building, commissioned from Pere Caselles by the writer Romà Sardà in 1896, is a mixture of neo-Gothic and neo-Mudejar styles. The facade, which has echoes of Arab architecture (clover-leaf arch windows), takes us back to the Gothic period with the rosette decoration, the corbels with mythological themes and the circular mouldings.
One of the outstanding buildings on the route. Commissioned by Joaquim Navàs and Pepa Blasco from Lluís Domènech i Montaner in 1902, it was inspired by the boutiques of Paris. Today the shop is still the same size and the decorations are intact: wickerwork chairs, tables with twisted legs, bays in the shape of an eight-pointed star. The main facade is supported by five columns and five undulating arches...
With Casa Rull, the Tuberculosis Clinic and the Central Market, this building forms a small local group of clashing styles: Modernism, Noucentisme, Rationalism and 18th century exist side by side. Commissioned by the tradesman Pere Gasull i Roig from the architect Domènech i Montaner, the house had to combine a residence with the 1000 m2 of store space. Domènech managed to confer a harmonious city image on this residential-business combination.
