Güell Park (Barcelona, Spain)
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- Work cat.: Rojo Albarrán, E. Antoni Gaudí, aquest desconegut : el Park Güell, 1986(Park Güell, Parc Güell, Parque Güell)
- McGraw-Hill art:v. 2, p. 474, under Gaudí (Güell Park (1900-1914))
- Britannica Macro.:v. 7, p. 957, under Gaudí (Güell Park, in Barcelona)
- Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana, 1907?-c1930:v. 7, p. 724, under Barcelona (Parque Güell)
- Diccionari enciclopèdic de la llengua catalana amb la correspondència castellana, 1931-1935:v. 2, p. 697, under Gaudí (Parc Güell)
- Kent, C. Hacia la arquitectura de un paraiso, Park Güell, 1992:p. 15 (as originally envisioned, the park was to be a residential housing project...Residents of the park were to have their own chapel, a weekly village market, theater, and public plays...The common buildings and public areas were intended to tie the individiual families together in a strictly residential community)
Park Güell (Catalan: Parc Güell [ˈpaɾɡ ˈɡweʎ]; Spanish: Parque Güell) is a privatized complex of parks, gardens and architectural elements in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The site is located in the La Salut neighborhood on the southern side of a hill known as the Turó del Carmel, part of the Collserola mountain range. The separate Parc del Carmel is located on the northern side of the hill. In the midst of Barcelona's late 19th and early 20th century urban expansion, Eusebi Güell, the Catalan industrialist and art patron, sought to commission a new park. Güell commissioned the design of the park to the renowned architect, Antoni Gaudí, widely regarded as a central figure of the aesthetic movement of Catalan modernism. Park Güell was built between 1900 and 1914 and was officially opened to the public in 1926. In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site, recognizing it as part of the "Works of Antoni Gaudí" architectural series.
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