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Houses:
Gamisans House
Rovira House
Serra-Xaus Villa
Church of
S. Joan Baptista
Reixat
Jujol Villa
Auriga Houses
Verdaguer street,
28-30House
Montjuïc street, 20, 26-28, 38
Houses
Unifamiliar House
Verdaguer
street,
20-22
Can Negre xxxxx
Torre de la Creu (Casa dels Ous)
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Walking
through the Art Nouveau in Sant Joan Despí |
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Other cities and towns with interesting Art
Nouveau works
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Typical Art
Nouveau building on which we don't have any documentation, except
the year of construction 1923.
Nevertheless, it is attributed to Jujol because
the style supposed close to that architect.
On the lateral façade, some beautiful graffito's designing vegetal
garlands with a yellow color with no strong contrast with the façade.
The top is undulated following a typical standard on Catalan modernist
buildings.
The house is in good condition. It is only possible to visit the
exterior.
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The architect of that
building is Mr. Josep Graner who was commissioned in 1926 by the owner Mr.
Antoni Rovira i Estruch, to build that interesting house.
Before to finish the construction, Josep Maria Jujol
i Gibert was also commissioned to introduce some changes and
essentially to design the façade decoration. The
triangular pediment culminating the façade and its decoration
with borders -flowers and geometrical designs- are a typical example of
the Jujol decoration taste.
Only the exterior is interesting.
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This is a small house
projected by the architect Josep Maria Jujol i
Gibert in 1921.
The promoter of building was Mr. Pere Xaus.
The most peculiar element of the house is the cubic room over the gate
breaking the basic building structure.
The façade decoration is composed by borders in blue color and designs
around the windows having a pair of ducks each one on top.
On the columns and over the main gate, some ceramic adorns.
The house is in good condition, visits are only allowed to the exterior,
the interior in not interesting.
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The first church of Sant
Joan Baptista - Saint John Baptist - is dated at the same place in Sant
Joan Despí in the year 1002.
The historical and natural accidents
are the reason of
the various latest reconstructions. The last one, after the Spanish civil war when the church was again destroyed by a fire.
The present church, was projected and built by the architect Josep
Maria Ayxelà under the artistic criteria of Josep
Maria Jujol. In addition, this last architect was the author of the
decoration of the two pulpits and an altar
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This enclosure was
projected by Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert,
commissioned by the owner of the land -Mrs. Madrona Salesa widow of
Alesan-.
The total length is 15, 50 meters.
The most peculiar elements, are the pyramidal tops covered with
trencadis (broken ceramic pieces) which is a very typical decorative
element in the work of Jujol, who was the author of other important
applications of that technique - the Park Güell
benches as a magnificent example -.
Grating in a public space in its external side.
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Double house projected by
the architect Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert in
1932.
This house was the summer residence of the architect, and he lived there
during the Spanish civil war.
The building is characterized by a rectangular design with a double
central body -with only a ground floor on the street one and a two
storey body on the back, with a studio for each of the two houses-.
The culmination of the roof of that first floor is decorated with small opposite
round pediments
and a central chimney with also a small pediment.
The studios have also angled windows in each frontal side to better
sunny the rooms.
All the frames of openings (doors and windows) are in blue color as the
roller blinds.
Finally, the enclosures are in white diagonal wood.
The house is at present in a deficient condition and because is private
owned it is only possible to visit the exterior.
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This two summer
residences projected by the architect Ignasi Mas i
Morell, are a good example of houses for pleasure at the beginning of the
XX century.
The houses built in 1910 are a typical Catalan Art
Nouveau - Modernisme - example in its structure and colored ceramic
and trencadis - broken ceramic pieces - decorative elements. Also the
brick as decorative element is present. On ground floor, the external
base of walls is covered by small river stones bordered by simple
ceramic colored pieces.
In Vil.la Elena a pediment with irregular embattlements gives a peculiar
aspect in a façade angle.
The houses are private owned. Visits are not allowed to the interiors.
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House projected by the
architect Ignasi Mas i Morell in 1912.
The most interesting characteristics of that building are the base made
with small river stones pieces bordered by very simple ceramic colored pieces, and the
asymmetrical and irregular culmination.
Only the exterior is interesting.
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This houses projected by unknown
architects where built between 1908 and 1926.
All it have the characteristic Art Nouveau undulated
culminations and other elements as trencadis (broken ceramic
pieces) and graffito's.
Only the exteriors are interesting.
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House projected and built by an unknown architect in 1924.
This very simple house show nevertheless a façade with some light Art
Nouveau elements as the design of the culmination and the ceramic embellishments
on the top an under the first floor balcony. On the left
side it is a mention of the capitals of the owner "J.M." and
on the right side, the year of construction 1924 all in trencadis (broken ceramic pieces).
Only the exterior is interesting.
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