Colònia Güell, Art Nouveau industrial colony in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain.
Description
Colònia Güell is a textile factory settlement from 1890 featuring residential buildings, schools, and a chapel decorated with detailed brickwork, ironwork, and ceramic details. The site includes roughly 30 original structures that show the layout and design of a workers' settlement from that era.
History
A cotton industrialist founded this settlement in 1890, moving his factory from Barcelona to provide better living conditions for workers. In the 1920s, he commissioned a Catalan architect to design an underground chapel that served as an experimental building project.
Culture
The colony reflects early industrial life as it was lived, with worker houses clustered around the factory and the community structures that shaped daily interactions among residents. Visitors can observe how factory workers and their families lived and worked together in this settlement.
Practical
Visitors can orient themselves at an information center on-site and join guided tours available in multiple languages. The grounds are freely walkable, and parking plus a café are available for a break.
Did you know?
The underground chapel was designed by a renowned Catalan architect and served as an architectural testing ground for innovative techniques later used in another world-famous building. This experimental structure is a hidden layer in modern architectural history.
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Church of Colònia Güell
279 m
Torre Salvana
479 m
Centre d'Interpretació i Acollida
219 m
La Miranda
1.2 km
Parc Marianao
1.1 km
Palau Marianao
1.1 km
Casa del Mestre de la Colònia Güell
318 m
Escola de la Colònia Güell
314 m
Ca l'Ordal
127 m
Casa del Metge
209 m
Biblioteca Joaquim Folguera
202 m
Cooperativa de la Colònia Güell
218 m
Conjunt del carrer Reixach
175 m
House in plaça Anselm Clavé
150 m
House in carrer Reixach, 7
181 m
Teatre Fontova
170 m
Carrer Aranyó
127 m
Conjunt del carrer Claudi Güell
217 m
Casa Parroquial
333 m
Conjunt del carrer Malvehy, 3-15
173 m
Conjunt del carrer Malvehy, 17-19
173 m
Conjunt del carrer Barrau
208 m
Jutjat
166 m
Can Soler de la Torre
4 m
Monument a Eusebi Güell
163 m
El Capritx
221 m
Maria Aurèlia Capmany Library
512 m
Can Julià de la Muntanya
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