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Casa Vicenç
The turreted and vaguely Mudéjar-inspired 1888 Casa Vicenç was one of Gaudí's first commissions. This private house (which cannot be visited) is awash with ceramic colour and shape.
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Palau del Lloctinent
Built in the 1550s, this palace was the residence of the lloctinent (Spanish viceroy) of Catalonia. It boasts a fine wooden ceiling and pleasing courtyard. Until 1993 it housed the Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, a unique archive documenting the history of the kingdom prior to unification under Fernando and Isabel, and may again do so from 2007.
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Palau Güell
With this commission for wealthy patron Eusebi Güell, Antoni Gaudí first showed what he was capable of. Sombre compared with his later whims, it is still a characteristic riot of styles (Gothic, Islamic, Art Nouveau) and materials. After the civil war, the police tortured political prisoners in the basement. Up two floors you reach the main hall and its annexes. The hall is a parabolic pyramid - each wall an arch stretching up three floors and coming together to form a dome. The roof is a Gaudian riot of ceramic colour and fanciful design in the chimney pots.
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Roman Cemetery
On a quiet square that once lay on a road leading out of Roman Barcino, this site features a series of intact Roman tombs lined up on the spot where they were found when they were excavated.
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