Antoni Gaudí

Author: (Spanish) Xavier Guell. Ancient Egypt
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was born on June 25, 1852, in Reus. His father was Francisco Gaudí i Cornet, and his mother was Antonia Cornet i Bertran. He studied at a church school in Reus and, after 10 years, in 1873, he enrolled in the Faculty of Science at the University of Barcelona to study architecture. He completed his studies in January 1878 and received his graduation certificate on March 15, 1878. Even as an architecture student, Gaudí, like others, had already begun working in an architect's studio. For example, in the workshop of Joseph Puig i Cadafalch, he assisted in completing one of the great designs later built in Barcelona—the Park de la Ciutadella. His first independent work was the lamp posts designed for the Pla?a Llana project and the lighting system for the Muralla de Mar project. Both projects were located in Barcelona and were completed with the collaboration of workers from Martorell. There was also an unfinished design that had been revised multiple times, the Bishop's Cathedral in Astorga, and the apartment building in León, which the world calls the "House of the Jewels." In 1883, after returning to Barcelona, Gaudí took over the Sagrada Família, the Confessorial Church, which had just begun construction, thanks to the recommendation of architect Joan Martorell. At this moment in his career, Gaudí began to change the design concept of this project.