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Antonio Gaudi

Antonio Gaudi. Famous architect Born June 25, 1852 Died June 10, 1926. Picture of Antonio Gaudi. Life. Antoni Gaudi was born in the small town of Reus , near Tarragona , in Catalonia. where his parents had a small country house. He was the fifth and youngest, child. School.

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Antonio Gaudi

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  1. Antonio Gaudi Famous architectBorn June 25, 1852Died June 10, 1926

  2. Picture of Antonio Gaudi

  3. Life • Antoni Gaudi was born in the small town of Reus , near Tarragona , in Catalonia. where his parents had a small country house. He was the fifth and youngest, child.

  4. School • In the seventies of the 19th century, Gaudi moved to Barcelona , where, after five years of training courses was admitted to a provincial school of architecture, graduating in 1878 .

  5. UNESCO Six projects of Gaudi were put in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list: • 1883-1888 House Vicens,Barcelona • 1886-1889 Palace Guell , Barcelona • 1883-1926 Expiatory temple of the Holy Family , Barcelona. • 1895-1898 Wine Cellars Güell Gharafe • 1900-1914 Park Guell , Barcelona • 1906-1910 La Pedrera ("Quarry"), Barcelona

  6. UNESCO 1 2 3 4 5 6

  7. Gaudi’s most famous work • This is Antonio Gaudi’s most famous work the “Sagrada Família”.

  8. Longest bench in the world? • Antonio Gaudi made the longest bench in the world!

  9. Death of Antonio Gaudi • June 7, 1926 73-year Gaudi left his home to go to your daily way to the Church of Sant Felip Neri, where he was a parishioner. Walking distractedly on Gran Via de las Cortes Katalanes between the streets of Girona and Bailen, he was hit by a tram and lost consciousness. Cab drivers refused to drive to the hospital unkempt, unknown old man without money and documents for fear of non-payment for the trip. In the end, Gaudi was taken to a hospital for the poor, where he received only rudimentary medical care. Only the next day he found and identified the chaplain Sagrada-name Mohsen Gil Pares-and-Vilasau. By the time the state of Gaudi has deteriorated so that the best treatment could help him. • Gaudí died on 10 June 1926 and was buried two days later in a crypt of the unfinished cathedral them.

  10. Some facts about Antonio Gaudi He was a vegetarianHe never marriedHe believed in God.He was a sickly child, he had rheumatismWhen he finished school the teacher said “Gentlemen, we are here today in the presence of either a genius or a madman.”(This picture was taken in 1878)

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