Domènech i Montaner: SANT PAU HOSPITAL

Basic information:
Location: 167 Sant Antoni Maria Claret Street / Cartagena Street   Barcelona
Qualification: xxxxx (5 on 5)
Present condition: Exteriors: Acceptable - Good depending on pavilions,
Interiors: Acceptable - Good for institutional / representative buildings, other pavilions adapted to present medical needs.
How to go to: Buses: 15,19, 20, 45, 47, 50, 51, 117, B-22, N-0, N-1, N4
                       Metro: L5 (Hospital de Sant Pau)
Visits: Hospital Centre del Modernisme: Monday to Sunday from 10 to 14h. Closed 1 and 6 January and 25 and 26 December.
Guided visits: 10,15h. English
                     11,15h. Catalan
                     12,15h. English
                     13,15h. Castilian (Spanish)
Appointed visits: daily in English, Catalan, Castilian (Spanish) or French, previous booking through Phone (34) 93 256 25 04, or email cultura-impuqv@mail.bcn.es
Prices: Adults: 5 Euros
            Pensioners and minors (aged under 18): 2,50 Euros
            Guided visits for groups previous booking at phone 93 256 25 04, or email cultura-impuqv@mail.bcn.es:
            Price per group: 125 Euros / Price for School groups: 110 Euros.
Timetables, prices and other information may change, please verify it previously.
Handicapped accessibility: The hospital has an internal road net and the buildings are equipped with lifts. Normally the mobility difficulties are not important.
Information: Phone: (34) 93 317 76 52
                     Web: www.Ruta del Modernisme.com
Ruta del Modernisme

History and description:
Project of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner made in the year 1901. Domènech applied in that project the experience to build another big sanitary complex the Institut Pere Matas in Reus. Construction finished in 1930. 1913 Barcelona Municipality award.
The Saint Paul Hospital is a monumental ensemble which the initial project included an enormous surface the Eixample (the modern part of Barcelona city).
The first project step was the donation of the banker Pau Gil (four million pessetes of that period) to build an hospital covering all the medical requirements at the maximum level.
The first project comprised 48 pavilions which finally only 27 was built. The long period devoted to the construction of the hospital, is a demonstration of it's complexity and size.
Between the different pavilions, the administration is the most important. The access is made trough a flight of steps. In each side of that pavilion, there is the Library-Museum and the Secretary-Archives.
The very impressive church was built near the administration pavilion.
We will only mention some of the artists who collaborated with Domènech i Montaner (following Permanyer), specially Eusebi Arnau and Pau Gargallo sculptors of stone figures. The painter and mosaics designer Francesc Labarta. Forged iron was made by Josep Perpinyà.