Barcelona's Güell Palace (1885-1890) was one of thefirst works created by Antoni Gaudí Cornet, Catalonia's most universally-recognised architect (1852-1926).The work was commissioned by Barcelona industrialistEusebi Güell Bacigalupi (1846-1918), who was a wealthy and well-educated man associated with the cultural renaissance (renaixença) that Catalonia was enjoying at the time. Güell would become Gaudi's best customer for more than thirty years, granting the architect full creative freedom.This book familiarizes the reader with the historyof the palace and its main characters, essential forunderstanding the building's relationship with thesocial and cultural context in which it was designedand built.The book also leads visitors into the palace's mostmeaningful spaces, while providing essential writtenand visual information for understanding the buildingin the best possible way.Güell Palace is one of the major architectural workserected in Barcelona since the Gothic period, andrepresents a milestone in European architecture, since it opened up new paths in terms of spatial design and formal expression that would eventually leave their mark on the continent.