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22/12/2020

The Christmas star at Casa Vicens Gaudí

· A showcase from Stay Homas will get the Christmas season going at Casa Vicens! · From 24th December to 5th January, Gaudí’s first house will welcome two artistic installations Christmas comes to Casa Vicens this year, joined by the incomparable masters of ceremony, Stay Homas, the group that became a sensation during confinement. They … Read more

12/11/2020

It’s our third anniversary!

On 16th November 2017, Casa Vicens, Gaudí’s first house, opened its doors to the public. After being used as a private residence from 1885 until 2014, and after three years of thorough restoration and rehabilitation, in 2017 this UNESCO World Heritage Site was finally able to be enjoyed as a place to discover the origins … Read more

29/07/2020

Casa Vicens becomes the first museum in Barcelona to obtain the Safe Tourism Certified seal

Gaudí’s first house is the first museum in the city of Barcelona to obtain this seal created by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) The seal certifies compliance with the maximum hygienic and sanitary guarantees for workers and visitors alike Last Friday, 17 July, the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) awarded Casa Vicens … Read more

17/12/2019

Nature, taking centre stage this Christmas at Casa Vicens Gaudí

Last year, Christmas at Gaudí’s first house centred around the different table decorations in the dining room on the season’s three most important nights: Christmas, New Year’s Eve and the arrival of the Three Kings. This Christmas, it is nature that takes centre stage at Casa Vicens. We wanted to pay tribute to the idea … Read more

25/06/2019

Water is running again in the fountain at Casa Vicens

· Water was a key element in the design of the first house by Antoni Gaudí. Originally, the architect conceived a waterfall in front of the main façade, a fountain in the entrance and a fountain on the covered porch. · The laborious efforts to restore the water system of the covered porch’s fountain regales … Read more

17/12/2018

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Casa Vicens around a table

Christmas time is here again. It seems like summer was just yesterday and now we have set up the Christmas tree and the nativity scene and are finishing the details to make this Christmas unique. Christmas is undoubtedly the time when everything goes back to its origins: we celebrate the same traditions year after year … Read more

15/11/2018

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Casa Vicens: the first anniversary of the first house built by Gaudí

On 16 November 2017, Casa Vicens opened its doors to the public for the first time. It was a year full of firsts: our first Christmas, our first Sant Jordi (Saint George’s Day), our first local festival for the district of Gràcia and more. Our daily activities have show us how to manage this World … Read more

18/09/2018

Casa Vicens, recognised by TIME magazine as one of the world’s 100 greatest places to visit

Less than a year after it reopened, the first house by Antoni Gaudi is beginning to stand out on the global stage Each year the prestigious magazine TIME publishes its list of the greatest places to visit, eat and sleep in the world; 100 places that they recommend experiencing this 2018. The locations are selected … Read more

13/08/2018

The first local festival of Casa Vicens

One year later, the Festa Major de Gràcia, the neighbourhood’s local festival, is about to arrive. This year’s edition is very special for Casa Vicens: this is its first local festival as a house-museum. First times are always important, so we don’t want to let the opportunity to participate in the festival pass us by. … Read more

06/08/2018

Middle Eastern-Style Architecture in Gràcia

In the mid-19th century, the city of Barcelona was deeply interested in Middle Eastern culture. This taste for the Middle East coincided with a moment when the city was expanding and its new bourgeois class was gaining strength. This was reflected in the construction of new buildings with an eclectic style where the Arabic architecture … Read more