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La Caixa

Download date: 21/11/2024

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The ”la Caixa” building marks the start of C/ Gran de Gràcia, one of the neighbourhood’s communication axes, and is regarded as one of its architectural gems.

  • Cultural heritage

The money boxes in relief remind us that the work, which cost 125,000 pesetas (about €750), was a commission by the Caja de Ahorros y Montepío de Barcelona (savings bank).
Of the original historicist design by August Font i Carreres, only the stonework on the façade remains. Built in 1906, it underwent extension work in 1935, which included the addition of a tower, with belfry and clock. The niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary sculpted by Enric Clarasó was added later (the current figure is the one that replaced it, by the Gràcia sculptor Manuel Martí i Cabré).

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La Caixa

Address:
C Gran de Gràcia, 18*22
Districte:
Gràcia
Neighborhood:
la Vila de Gràcia
City:
Barcelona
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De l'edifici original, construït l'any 1906, només es conserva la façana de pedra, dominada per una torre lateral, on hi ha un rellotge i una imatge de la Verge. El cos principal té grans arcades a la planta baixa, finestres geminades al primer pis i una galeria correguda, al segon. Tot plegat dins un estil goticista lliurement interpretat, amb detalls ornamentals de gran qualitat.

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