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The Most Beautiful Art Nouveau Concert Hall in the World

April 27, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

[Author’s Note: Written with Andrew Berner, a true Barcelona aficionado whose assistance is much appreciated.] This is a post about the Palau de la Música Catalana (the Palace of Catalan Music) in Barcelona. And right off, let’s get past this “most beautiful” business. These posts would be very boring and predictable if every time you opened one …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Music, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Barcelona, Clavé (Anselm), Domènech i Montaner (Lluis), Guastavino (Rafael), Guastavino tile, Millet (Lluis), Modernism, Orfeó Català, Palace of Catalan Music, Palau de la Música Catalana

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