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@unesco #WorldHeritage: Casa Vicens was built as a summer home between 1883 and 1885; it was designed by the 31-year-old #Gaudí for Manel Vicens i Montaner (1836-1895), a broker-dealer.

The forms of which Casa Vicens is composed are very different from those we are accustomed to seeing in other buildings designed by Gaudí. Casa Vicens is considered to be example of what is referred to among the various stages of Antoní Gaudí’s architectural career as his orientalist period (1883-1888).

Antoni Gaudí designed a summer house divided into four levels: the basement for storage; the ground floor to house the living room, dining room and kitchen; the first floor, which was meant for the bedrooms; and the top floor for the servants. At first the house only had three façades since it was attached to the neighbouring construction on the northeast side; the southwest served as the main façade open to the extensive gardens surrounding the house.

In 2005 Casa Vicens is declared a World Human Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with the crypt in Colònia Güell, Casa Batlló and the Nativity façade and crypt of the Sagrada Família. In 2007 Casa Vicens is put up for sale and in 2014MoraBanc purchases Casa Vicens with the goal of opening it up to public visits.