Monday, March 8, 2010

HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU

The present Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Catalan for Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neigh­borhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona (Spain), is a com­plex built bet­ween 1901 and 1930, de­si­gned by the Ca­ta­lan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. To­ge­ther with Palau de la Mú­sica Catalana, it is a UNESCO World He­ri­tage Site. It was a fully func­tio­n­ing hos­pi­tal until June 2009, it is cur­rently un­der­go­ing resto­ra­tion for use as a mu­seum and cul­tu­ral cen­ter. As of De­cem­ber 2009 there are still tours of the hos­pi­tal being given se­veral times a day.

St. Antoni Maria Claret, 167
Metro L 5, Hospital Sant Pau

No comments:

Post a Comment