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Antonio Gaudi Famous architect Born June 25, 1852 Died June 10, 1926.

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1 Antonio Gaudi Famous architect Born June 25, 1852 Died 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: 1.1883-1888 House Vicens,Barcelona 2.1886-1889 Palace Guell, Barcelona 3.1883-1926 Expiatory temple of the Holy Family, Barcelona. 4.1895-1898 Wine Cellars Güell Gharafe 5.1900-1914 Park Guell, Barcelona 6.1906-1910 La Pedrera ("Quarry"), Barcelona

6 UNESCO

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 vegetarian He never married He believed in God. He was a sickly child, he had rheumatism When 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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