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	Park Guell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Spain.
		The landscaping of the Park is largely in tune with the natural terrain; steep slopes and cliffs have been allowed to remain, with winding paths, cuttings and grottoes adding to the natural feel..
		The focal point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in the form of a sea serpent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Park_Guell (387 words)

	Park Guell by Antonio Gaudi
		Park Guell was commissioned by Eusebi Güell who wanted to create a stylish park for Barcelona aristocracy.
		Park Guell also has a small house in the park which Gaudi lived in at one stage.
		Due to park Guell's location and size you'll need to schedule at least half a day for a visit to Güell park but it will be well worth the visit.
	www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com /gaudi/park-guell.html (393 words)

	THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PARK GUELL
		Park Guell was assigned as an architectural project to Antonio Gaudi.
		The Architecture of Park Guell consists of the park, a sculpture garden and the vast landscape.
		Though the Park Guell has seven entrances in all, Carrer d'Olot is the main entrance.
	studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu /~j_becker/pgarchitecture.htm (700 words)

	GAUDI IN CYBERSPAIN: PARQUE GÜELL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hanging balconies of the Güell Park, which is a World Heritage Monument found in Barcelona.
		GÜELL PARK - Ceded by the descendants of Eusebi Güell to Barcelona's City Hall.
		In this park, Gaudí, through the usage of nature, offers us a insight in to his imagination is a feat of architectural equilibrium between modernism and craftsmanship in a myriad of forms and resources.
	www.cyberspain.com /passion/gauguell.htm (137 words)

	THE HISTORIC BACKGROUND OF THE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Finally, when Guell died, Park Guell became a municipal park and was later opened to the public in 1922.
		Park Guell was declared a monument, in Barcelona, in 1969.
		There had been discussion of the park being turned into a hotel, but talk was hindered by the declaration in 1969.
	studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu /~j_becker/pghistory.htm (369 words)

	Guell Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Around 1900 Eusebi Guell asked Gaudi to work out plans for developing a 'garden suburb' (residential garden city) on his property on the Montana Pelada which, as its name implied was a bold hill on the outskirts of Barcelona.
		The park is approached by sleepy streets and is surrounded by ceramic plaques and contains seven entrance gateways.
		Guell Park was declared a place of World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984.
	www.nj.devry.edu /library/guell.html (381 words)

	Park Guell. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Park Guell was supposed to be a subdivision of Barcelona, built entirely by Gaudi and financed by Guell.
		Unfortunately, it was never completed (I think due to Geull's death), so it was turned into a park where you could hike around look at all of the weird Gaudi landscaping and stuff.
		One of the gatehouses guarding the main entrance to Park Guell.
	www.math.purdue.edu /~walterb/pictures/summer02/guell.html (165 words)

	Park Guell Barcelona
		Park Guell, another “must see” while visiting Barcelona, is a colorful Candy Land of gingerbread house palaces and Dr. Suess-style landscapes, located on bald Mountain in the neighborhood of Gracia.
		As its name suggests, the park was commissioned by Antonio Gaudi’s friend, Eusebi Guell, and was intended to be a residential garden city, like those built in England.
		Antonio and Guell also drew up a mandatory contract for Park Guell, which was required to be signed upon the purchase of a plot, prohibiting the felling of trees as well as other such aesthetic and environmental conditions.
	www.spain-info.com /barcelona/Park-Guell.htm (314 words)

	Gaudi and Barcelona Club
		When somebody purchased a plot they had to sign a contract accepting conditions including an absolute prohibition on the felling of trees, a limitation of the size of the house to 1/6 of the total surface of the plot, and a maximum fence height of 80 centimeters.
		Güell Park, the construction of which was commenced in 1900, occupies two properties: Can Muntaner de Dalt and Can Coll i Pujol, on Muntanya Pelada (Bald Mountain), in the Barcelona neighborhood of Gràcia.
		The park is surrounded by a rubblework wall, which is crowned by the undulations of ceramic "trencadís" (a type of mosaic made from broken pieces of tile) and seven gates.
	www.gaudiclub.com /ingles/i_vida/park.asp (538 words)

	Antoni Gaudi's Park Guell -Barcelona photo gallery
		The park is full of narrow twisting pathways which meander through the park.
		The park is full of trees and shrubs and as you walk around you'll see unusual and colourful sculptures, mosaics, walkways and tiling.
		If you intend to walk to Güell park from the nearest metro (Lesseps) its best to be prepared for a steep walk up to the park when you reach the turn off for Güell.
	www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com /albums-en/gaudi-park-guell (379 words)

	Barcelona tours: barcelona pictures: park guell, by antoni gaudi-a virtual pivate tour of barcelona.
		Antoni Gaudi's Park Guell covers 15 hectares on a hillside overlooking the city.
		Antoni Gaudi's Park Güell is an excellent place to visit as it provides a spectacular view of the city.
		Park Guell is not only a place for visitors to Barcelona to see, but is also a park frequently visited by the cities residents.
	www.barcelonaexperience.com /spotlight/parkguell.htm (459 words)

	Barcelona sights: Sagrada Familia, Las Ramblas, Park Guell-places of interest in Barcelona
		The huge park lies 213 metres above the harbour and is today one of the major tourist attractions in Barcelona.
		The park was created during the 1860s on the grounds of a citadel.
		Barcelona is laid in miniature; Montjüic and the sea frame all the familiar sights and roads of the city.
	www.all-barcelona-guide.com /en/sights/district_16 (681 words)

	Barcelona, The Guell Park
		Artists such as Dali and Picasso would later visit the Guell Park, and it seems likely that their assemblage and collage work had roots in Jujol's style.
		The bench at the Guell Park snakes its way around the edge of a large open-air square.
		The park was originally designed as an idealistic housing complex, and was built between 1900 and 1914.
	www.thejoyofshards.co.uk /ww/barcelona/index.shtml (311 words)

	Barcelona - Gracia and Park Guell \| Footprint Guides
		It wasn’t originally designed as a park: it was meant to be an aristocratic housing estate.
		Gaudí’s benefactor and friend, Eusebi Güell, had visions of an exclusive garden city, modelled on the English fashion (which is why the Park is spelt with an English ‘k’ and not a Catalan ‘c’), but it never took off and the empty grounds passed to the city for use as a public park in 1922.
		From here, stairs sweep up past the multicoloured dragon which has become one of Barcelona’s best-known and best-loved symbols (so beloved, in fact, that your chances of pushing past the coach parties of tourists and school kids having their pictures taken are pretty slim).
	www.footprintguides.com /Barcelona/Gracia-and-Park-Guell.php (855 words)

	Park Guell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gaudi's Park Guell is located to the northwest of Barcelona on Mont Pelat.
		The park, at once Surrealist (inspiring both Miro and Dali) and Abstract, owes its existence to Eusebi Guell, who bought two farms here in 1902 to lay out in an exclusive English garden suburb (hence the English 'k' in Park).
		To attract buyers, Guell gave Gaudi free rein to design the amenities, including a grand entrance to the estate, a pair of lodges, a central market area for residents, and terraced drives.
	www.picassosdog.com /ParkGuell.htm (172 words)

	dgolds.com Photos: Gaudi's Guell Park
		Guell Park is located on the hills on the west side of Barcelona.
		There are two parts to Guell Park: a huge, hilly city park, and the portion that was designed by Gaudi for Eusabi Guell.
		The entrance to the park is a famous Barcelona landmark: a staircase with two beautiful mosiac fountains on it.
	www.dgolds.com /photos/spain2003/guellPark.htm (576 words)

	Park Guell in Barcelona, work of Gaudi
		Park Guell, open 10am-9pm, is one of Barcelona's largest urban parks.
		Within the 20 hectares park you will also find two pavillions joined by a dividing wall that sets the main entrance apart from Carrer Olot.
		The hall of 96 columns serves as a support for the upper plaza which was once intended to be the open forum of the new 'garden city' development.
	www.idealspain.com /Pages/Places/Buildings/park_guell.asp (151 words)

	Parc Guell- Barcelona, Spain - VirtualTourist.com
		The park owes its magnetic attraction to th fact that it was designed by Gaudí.
		Park Guell (apparently this is the correct spelling) is another of Gaudi's creations.
		Park Guell was the first thing I went to see after arriving in Barcelona...
	www.ebags.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Spain/Catalunya/Barcelona-274654/Things_To_Do-Barcelona-Parc_Guell-BR-1.html (1117 words)

	Parc Guell - Great Public Spaces \| Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
		The park was built between 1900-1914, originally planned to be a garden city on the estate of Eusebi Guell.
		The park remained the private garden of the Guell family until the 1920s, when the family handed it over to the municipality to use as a public park.
		I remember walking up through the quiet, deserted neighborhood around it on a sunny morning, wondering where all the Barcelonans were, and wondering a little whether I was heading in the right direction, when up the hill from me I began to hear happy voices, laughter and giggling.
	www.pps.org /gps/one?public_place_id=40 (780 words)

	Park Guell: Iguana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a small urban park, it's more like a sculpture garden and people love it.
		What's remarkable is that Gaudí; had a chance to make a park that kids immediately love but that also is great to walk around.
		It was originally intended to be like a small English village in Barcelona (assuming English villages have mosaic iguanas) but it instead turned into a hallucinatory dream of a park.
	www.panix.com /userdirs/dunvegan/Spain/Park_Guell_Iguana.htm (85 words)

	Park Guell by Gaudi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Barcelona City Council bought the property in 1922 and in the following year converted it to a municipal park.
		Gaudí; avoided leveling the grounds so that the park has a network of twisting roads which follow the contours of the land.
		The lowest point is the entrance, from which a double staircase leads to the hypostyle chamber, the ceiling of which serves as the floor of the huge public square.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/spain/barcelona/gaudipark/gaudipark.html (214 words)

	Gaudí: PARK GÜELL
		The Park is accessible for wheelchairs, but duly to the important drops and the big size of the park, some areas are difficult to be visited for handicapped people.
		The assignment of this project was made by the count of Güell as an aristocratic city-garden with single-family residences.
		Entering into the park, it is a stairway divided by different figures before to arrive to a colonnade hall with 86 massive columns sustaining the big square.
	www.gaudiallgaudi.com /AA010.htm (404 words)

	Brad in the Big City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Park Guell and Sagrada Familia- these places truly have to be seen in person to be experienced.
		This is the park he designed and where he lived his later years.
		It was interesting seeing the view of the city from the park, as one can see all the way to the Olympic Village, where I just visited yesterday.
	blog.bradpo.com (1937 words)

	Park Entrance photo - Gaudí's Park Guell (Focus Pocus)
		Park Guell is a public Park situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Grácia district of Barcelona.
		Gaudí lived in one of the Parks two houses from from 1906 until his death in 1926.
		Click the buy now button to the right of the size and finish you would like for this photo and you\'ll be directed to a secure paypal page where the order can be completed.
	www.focuspocus.org /photopages/0005/0055.php (261 words)

	Focus Pocus Photos - Park Guell (part 2) by Focus Pocus — parks, park guell, photography \| Gather
		I'll start the second part of this series with not just an icon of Park Guell but of Barcelona.
		These windows resembling flying kites (tethered by trails left by rain water no doubt) were part of what seemed to be a school within the park, as there were kids running about in a yard inside.
		However, I've seen no mention of there being a school in Park Guell from what I've read about it on the net.
	www.gather.com /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976719467 (288 words)

	Bearcave Digital Photographs :: A Bear's Travels to Barcelona, April 2005
		This is the start of a sequence of photos of Park Guell, designed by Gaudi, originally as a housing development
		Park Guell is on the top of a hill and its a long walk up from the Vallcarca Metro station.
		There is a great view of the city from the Vallcarca side of Park Guell
	www.bearcave.com /gallery/barcelona_2005?page=10 (115 words)

	Park Guell in Barcelona by Antoni Gaudi
		Gaudi's patron, Eusebi Guell, planned a suburban "city." His property was high above Barcelona, northwest and some distance from the city.
		More than 60 housing plots were allocated although only two homes were built on the property.
		Gaudi avoided levelling the grounds so that the Park Guell has a network of twisting roads which follow the contours of the land.
	www.barcelona.com /barcelona_city_guide/gaudi/park_guell (241 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		I've been reading about Park Guell and would love to hear any first-hand comments and advice on visiting it.
		I thought Parc Guell was one of the most interesting displays of Gaudi architecture in Barcelona.
		The park is not near any other attractions (if I remember correctly) but you will not be disappointed in making a special trip there.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34617186&numresponses=0&start=0 (362 words)

	Guell Park - Fantasy Land/Fun Time - Cool Tiles!
		Part of the amazing thing about Guell Park is all the cool tiles all over the place.
		Colors, patterns, interesting shapes and sizes - almost everything is tiled and adds to the charm and uniqueness of this park.
		Here are some benches and also a detail of a fountain in the center of the park...
	www.netreach.net /~trishy/travels/guell_tiles.html (73 words)

	Park Guell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gaudi's Parc Guell, which is just a short drive from the Holy Family Church.
		Nowadays, it is a public park, open to all, where one can admire even more of Gaudi's work while strolling around the beautiful gardens.
		This itinerary can be varied and / or tailor-made according to your interests or the time you have available for sightseeing.
	www.barcelonacityguides.com /guell.htm (79 words)

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