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Explore the lives and works of Catalonia's most renowned figures - from the visionary architect Antoni Gaudí to the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, and the accomplished chef Ferran Adrià. Discover the cultural richness of this region through the achievements of these illustrious personalities.
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ANTONI GAUDÍ 1852 – 1926 Barcelona Themostwellknownarchitect in Catalonia. He’s a Modernistartist. He builtLaSagrada Familia and La Pedrera. He diedrundownby a passingtram.
SALVADORDALÍ 1904 – 1989 Girona Thebestpainter of Catalonia. He createdstriking and original paintings. Hispictures are surrealist.
Mostimportantpaintings: Galatea of theSpheresThepersistence of thememory
Mostimportantpaintings: Girl at thewindowElephants
PAU GASOL 1980- Barcelona. Basketballplayer. SecondSpanishplayertoplay in NBA. Currentlyplayingfor Chicago Bulls (NBA). Gold medal at the 2006 FIFA WorldChampionship (in Japan).
Ferranadrià 1962- Barcelona. Best chef in Catalonian and one of thebest chefs in theworld. Restaurant “El Bulli” (Girona). Creativecuisine. He currentlyruns a cookingschool
Lluís llach 1957 Girona. Musician, songwriter. He’sone of themainrepresentatives of theCatalan New Song (Nova Cançó). He leftCatalonian and lived in Paris untilthedeath of thedictator, Franco. Hismostrepresentativesongis “L’estaca” (TheStick).
MERCÈ RODOREDA 1908 – 1983 Barcelona Writer. Books: “Thediamondsquare”, translated as “The Time of theDoves”, “Aloma”, “BrokenMirror”. She won manyawards, amongthemthemostprestigiousCatalanliteraryprize “El premid’Honor de les Lletres Catalanes”. Herwork has beentranslatedinto 30 differentlanguages.