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Park Güell is a 17,18 ha wide garden complex with architectural
elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district
of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí
and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage
Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".
 
The park was originally part of a commercially unsuccessful housing site,
the idea of Count Eusebi de Güell, whom the park was named after.
It was inspired by the English garden city movement, hence the original
English name Park. It has since been converted into a municipal garden.
It can be reached by underground railway (although the stations are at
a distance from the Park), by city buses, or by commercial tourist buses.
While entrance to the Park is free, Gaudí's house, "la Torre
Rosa," — containing furniture that he designed — can
be only visited for an entrance fee.
  
Although it sounds unlikely, the place is skilfully designed and composed
to bring the peace and calm that one would expect from a park. The buildings,
though very original and remarkable with fantastically shaped roofs with
unusual pinnacles, are relatively inconspicuous in the landscape, when
one considers the flamboyance of other buildings designed by Gaudí.
The focal point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long
bench in the form of a sea serpent. To design the curvature of the bench
surface Gaudí used the shape of buttocks left by a naked workman
sitting in wet clay. The curves of the serpent bench form a number of
enclaves, creating a more social atmosphere.
 
Gaudí incorporated many motifs of Catalan nationalism, and elements
from religious mysticism and ancient poetry, into the Park. The visitor
was originally greeted by two life-size mechanical gazelles (a major euphemistic
symbol of 'the young beloved' in the Hebrew strand of the medieval love
poetry of the region), but these have since been lost during the turbulence
of war.
The large cross at the Park's high-point offers the most complete view
of Barcelona and the bay. It is possible to view the main city in panaroma,
with the Sagrada Família and the Montjuïc area visible at
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