Casa Calvet

Casa Calvet is a building, designed by Antoni Gaudí for a textile manufacturer which served as both a commercial property and a residence. It is located at Carrer de Casp 48, Eixample district of Barcelona.

Type: Work of art
Description: architectural structure
Also known as: “Calvet Konağı” and “Будинок Кальвет”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Palau de la Música Catalana and Plaça de Catalunya.

Palau de la Música Catalana

Theater building

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Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença. Palau de la Música Catalana is situated 400 metres southeast of Casa Calvet.

Plaça de Catalunya

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Plaça de Catalunya is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be both its city centre and the place where the old city and the 19th century-built Eixample meet. Plaça de Catalunya is situated 430 metres southwest of Casa Calvet.

Plaça d’Urquinaona

Square

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The Plaça d'Urquinaona is one of the principal squares in central Barcelona. It is officially part of Dreta de l'Eixample neighbourhood, in the Eixample district, and is located at the intersection of the Ronda Sant Pere and Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc. Plaça d’Urquinaona is situated 170 metres south of Casa Calvet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Pere and Santa Caterina.

Sant Pere

Neighborhood

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Sant Pere is a traditional neighborhood of the old city of Barcelona, Spain. It is named after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. Nowadays, it is a part of the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood.