Antonio Gaudi

Famous architectBorn June 25, 1852Died June 10, 1926

Picture of Antonio Gaudi

Life• Antoni Gaudi was born in the small town

of Reus , near Tarragona , in Catalonia. where his parents had a small country house. He was the fifth and youngest, child.

School

• In the seventies of the 19th century, Gaudi moved to Barcelona , where, after five years of training courses was admitted to a provincial school of architecture, graduating in 1878 .

UNESCO

Six projects of Gaudi were put in the UNESCOWorld Heritage Site list:1. 1883-1888 House Vicens,Barcelona2. 1886-1889 Palace Guell , Barcelona3. 1883-1926 Expiatory temple of the Holy

Family , Barcelona.4. 1895-1898 Wine Cellars Güell Gharafe5. 1900-1914 Park Guell , Barcelona6. 1906-1910 La Pedrera ("Quarry"), Barcelona

UNESCO

21 3

4 5 6

Gaudi’s most famous work

• This is Antonio Gaudi’s most famous work the “Sagrada Família”.

Longest bench in the world?

• Antonio Gaudi made the longest bench in the world!

Death of Antonio Gaudi• June 7, 1926 73-year Gaudi left his home to go to your daily way to

the Church of Sant Felip Neri, where he was a parishioner. Walking distractedly on Gran Via de las Cortes Katalanes between the streets of Girona and Bailen, he was hit by a tram and lost consciousness. Cab drivers refused to drive to the hospital unkempt, unknown old man without money and documents for fear of non-payment for the trip. In the end, Gaudi was taken to a hospital for the poor, where he received only rudimentary medical care. Only the next day he found and identified the chaplain Sagrada-name Mohsen Gil Pares-and-Vilasau. By the time the state of Gaudi has deteriorated so that the best treatment could help him.

• Gaudí died on 10 June 1926 and was buried two days later in a crypt of the unfinished cathedral them.

Some facts about Antonio Gaudi

He was a vegetarianHe never marriedHe believed in God.He was a sickly child, he had rheumatismWhen he finished school the teacher said “Gentlemen, we are here today in the presence of either a genius or a madman.”(This picture was taken in 1878)