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Newly
married to a very wealthy widow, the young businessman and deputy Pere Milà i
Camps asks Gaudí for a house that overshadows all the others on Passeig de
Gràcia (Casa Amatller, Casa Batlló and Casa Lleó Morera) ... and so Casa Milà
was born , a building without straight lines, popularly known by La
Pedrera! And now the question is simple: is La Pedrera worth it? Yes indeed!
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| La Pedrera, House Milà |
What is La Pedrera?
La Pedrera is
the last work of Gaudí, before he dedicated himself entirely to the
construction of La Sagrada Familia. It was built between 1906 and 1912 and
declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
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| Entrance of La Pedrera |
The terrace of La Pedrera is an unique space made up of several slopes connected
by stairs and walkways flanked by 30 chimneys and 2 ventilation towers adorned
at the top by heads with helmets ... it was this vision that inspired the Catalan
poet Gimferrer to nickname the terrace of “Garden of the Warriors”!
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| The terrace of La Pedrera |
The attic, with brick vaults, was the space for washing
clothes. Currently, the attic presents the work of Antoni Gaudí, through
drawings, models, objects, photographs and videos.
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| The attic of La Pedrera |
The interior of La Pedrera is a trip to the past! The fourth floor, fully
furnished and equipped, allows us to understand how a bourgeois family lived in
the first decades of the 20th century.
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| The interior of La Pedrera |
One
of the curiosities of the apartments is that all apartments in La Pedrera are
different! Gaudí designed
the apartments in such way that the owners could redistribute the internal
spaces as they like. The walls do not have a structural support function of the
building and therefore can be reallocated.
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| La Pedrera |
Facts about La Pedrera:
- »» La
Pedrera has an underground bunker built to protect its tenants from bombing
during the Spanish Civil War.
- »» La
Pedrera is an illegal building. The City Council seized the works because
they did not comply with the agreed measures ... Gaudí ignored and continued
with its construction.
- »» The
facade of La Pedrera is limestone and has 33 balconies decorated in wrought
iron with shapes that resemble marine algae.
Opening Hours and Tickets:
From
3 March to 5 November and from 26 December to 3 January:
From Monday
to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (last accessed: 8 p.m.)
From
6 November to 24 December and from 4 January to 2 March:
From Monday
to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (last access: 6 p.m.)
!!!Attention!!! The upper floors close 15 minutes before the closing
time of the building.
In addition
to the normal ticket that include an audio guide (€ 22) and the premium
ticket that is a fast pass (€ 29), there are:
- “Gaudi's
Pedrera: The Origins” ticket (€ 34) includes a guided tour, after 7 pm, and
the evening show on the terrace of the building.
- “The
awakening of La Pedrera” ticket (€ 39) includes a guided tour, before the
opening of the building (at 8am), to the most important places of Casa Milà and
also for spaces that are not open to the public, and a coffee or a drink in the
Café de La Pedrera.
- “La
Pedrera by day and night” ticket (€ 41) allows you to visit the building
during the day and see the evening show (after 8:40 p.m.) on the terrace of the
building.
You can buy
the tickets HERE
Where is La Pedrera?
In the
Passeig de Gràcia, a 20 minutes walk away from La Sagrada Familia (1.5 km).
Metro: Line 3 (Diagonal) or line 5 (Diagonal).
Bus: H10, V15, 7, 22 and 24.
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