How much do you know about Gaudí's Casa Vicens?
What do you know about Casa Vicens ? Have you been lucky enough to visit it? We have already told you on several occasions about what was Antonio Gaudí's first commission in Barcelona, a work of art cataloged as Unesco World Heritage in 2005.
Manuel Vicens i Montaner , a stockbroker, had it built as a summer home between 1883 and 1885, not knowing that this would be** one of the most studied jewels of Modernisme** and the forerunner of Gaudí's architectural career. A dream of Arab and Byzantine influences in carrer de les Carolines, in the Gracia neighborhood.
In 2017 we were lucky to be able to enter it, since it became a museum. And even though we can't visit her now, from Casa Vicens they have had the idea of getting a little closer to her from home . Do you want to know how?
The Pasapalabra donut he is giving a lot of himself. Now it's the Casa Vicens who has made it his own. For a few days, through Instagram they have been putting their followers to the test to reveal some secrets of this emblematic place in the city through a cultural donut.
Could you tell which is the flower that represents the ceramics of the house? In what year did construction begin or the name of Gaudí's first patron? These are some of the questions raised by #StayAtHomeVicens.
Every day and until April 11 they add a new letter to the donut , you just have to enter their Instagram or Facebook and answer a possible answer. Our recommendation is that you focus on the donut because it is possible that the comments can mislead you.
It begins like this: it contains the A, the name of the flower represented in the ceramics of Casa Vicens.
Good luck!