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Avant, ciutat dels Comtes, de riu a riu ja estesa,
avant, fins on empenga ta nau l’Omnipotent:
t’han presa la corona, la mar no te l’han presa;
del mar ets reina encara, ton ceptre és lo trident.
--Jacint Verdaguer
Palau del Baró de Quadras (Josep Puig i Cadafalch) (via Jordi Sarda)
Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataró, Barcelona, 1867 - Barcelona, 1956)
Catalan architect of the Catalan Modernist movement, whose works in Barcelona include the Casa Amatller, Casa Pich i Pon, Palau del Baró de Quadres, Plaça d’Espanya and the Casa de les Punxes.
He also designed the Codorníu cellar.
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Cases Amatller (Josep Puig i Cadafalch) i Batlló (Antoni Gaudí), Passeig de Gràcia
Les Quatre Columnes d’en Puig i Cadafalch en construcció, Montjuïc
Les quatre barres tornen a coronar Montjuïc ! directe!cat
The four bars crown Montjuïc again.
Puig i Cadafalch’s powerful columns are now flaunted behind the Font Màgica after having the scaffolding removed on Tuesday.
Eighty years later, the four bars crown Montjuïc again. After an accidental recovery, which has been prolonged nearly eight years among political controversy and construction delays, this past Tuesday the scaffolding was taken down and Puig i Cadafalch’s four columns, historic symbol of Catalanism, have returned to watch over the mountain. Located just behind the Font Màgica, the four columns which dictator Primo de Rivera ordered to be demolished 82 years ago have been raised to impose themselves over the Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina, recovering the original spirit of Catalanist vindication. Now the base of the columns just need to be polished and proceed to the inauguration of the columns which represent “the fight of Catalan patriots throughout the centuries”, in words of a few of those responsible for the recovery.
It should be noted that while president of the Mancomunitat, Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch raised a Catalanist monument that consisted of four columns twenty meters high by two in diameter and topped with capitals in the Ionic style. Constructed in 1919, the large pieces, also known by the name of Four Columns, presided over the avenue in Montjuïc for eight years. It was in 1928, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, when they were taken down due to the discomfort felt by the general to see a Catalan symbol. For this reason, dynamite was taken to them.
The new columns will be nineteen meters high, one less than Puig i Cadafalch’s originals, they are also thinner and are placed closer together than they were at the beginning of the century. The material has also changed, and the new ones are made out of preconstructed cement, while the originals were made out of brick.
A controversial placement
The original placement for the columns was where the Font Màgica de Montjuïc is currently located, and the current placement was chosen with the desire that they continue to be seen from the Plaça Espanya, just like in the 20’s. In this sense, it must be remembered that the municipal group of the PSC [Partit Socialista de Catalunya, Socialist Party] in the Ajuntament wanted to put them in front of the Italian pavilion, putting them in the background and denying them preeminence, but under the pressure of the ERC [Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Republican Left] and the Civic and Cultural Entities of the Catalan Countries Network [Xarxa d’Entitats Cíviques i Culturals dels Països Catalans] managed to be able to put the columns in the middle of the plaza again.
These last few months the controversy has continued, as the PP [Partido Popular] in Barcelona, Alberto Fernández Díaz, asked that construction be stopped in a plan for austerity because of the economic crisis.
Sant Jordi i el Drac, Casa Ametller, Passeig de Gràcia, May 27, 2010.
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Casa Ametller (Josep Puig i Cadafalch) & Casa Batlló (Antoni Gaudí), Passeig de Gràcia, May 27, 2010.
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Sala Ispahan, Palau Baró de Quadras, Casa Àsia
Sant Jordi i el Drac (Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Casa Ametller)
Sala Ispahan al Palau Baró de Quadras de Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Casa Amatller (Josep Puig i Cadafalch)
Casa Amatller (Josep Puig i Cadafalch)
