Casa Amatller

General information

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Program details

Casa Amatller is an architectural gem of Modernism, built by the architect Puig i Cadafalch for the industrialist chocolatier Antoni Amatller between 1898 and 1900. Visitors will enjoy an authentic modernist house with its original decoration. Casa Amatller broke for the first time the ornamental sobriety and the limits of height during the period. In the facade Puig i Cadafalch reinterpreted diverse styles and played with asymmetries and Chromatism.



The decoration of the whole House develops an iconographic program concerning the Amatller family and the hobbies of Antoni, such as Photography. Puig i Cadafalch skilfully combined Catalonia's home-grown art nouveau style, modernism, based on the use of traditional arts and crafts, with a neo-Gothic style and an unusual stepped cornice inspired by the houses of the Netherlands.



Some of the finest artists of the time, including Jujol, worked with Puig i Cadafalch on the project. he house retains all its original furnishings and decoration, as well as an outstanding archaeological glass collection.



Audio-guided Tour

The visit begins on the ground floor of the building. A guide will accompany you to the unique main floor, the home of the Amatller family.



Once there, this guide offers each of the participants a touch tablet connected to headphones that will provide them with information relating to each area of the house as they visited, in addition to explaining the Casa Museu Amatller through the historical context, the Amatller family and the architecture and decoration of Catalan modernism. Period photographs, plans, videos, etc. are used to accompany the information.



Also and unlike other visits, the visitor is accompanied at all times by this guide, to assist and answer all questions that visitors wish to make.



Guided Tour

In-depth visit of the Casa Museu Amatller explained by a specialist Art guide. The visit, lasting approximately one hour, will introduce you to a magical and unique atmosphere that will make your stay an authentic journey back in time.



At the beginning of the visit, the guide will wait for you at the ticket office located at the building´s main entrance to accompany you through the ground floor and the main staircase until you reach the unique main floor, home of the Amatller family.



During your visit, you will get complete and detailed information about the historical context, the Amatller family and the architect Puig i Cadafalch, as well as get to know and discover all the elements of Catalan Modernism architecture and the house´s decoration and furniture, all designed in the original style of the period.