Casa Vicens

Casa Vicens is the first important commission Antoni Gaudí received that sowed the seeds of all his later architectural works. Manel Vicens i Montaner, a stock and currency broker, entrusted the young architect with designing his summer garden home in the former village of Gràcia. Built between 1883 and 1885 the Casa Vicens is one of the first buildings to kick off the movement in Catalonia and Europe.

Casa Vicens has served as a private residence ever since. It changed its owners several times, most recently in March 2014 when it was bought by MoraBanc group which pledged to renovate and open it to the public as a museum. In 2005, Casa Vicens became one of four of Gaudi’s buildings that were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of “Works of Antoni Gaudi”.