This building, one of the most luxurious of Barcelona, was commissioned to Antoni Gaudí by his main patron and lifetime friend, Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi (Count of Güell, textile industrialist and marquis's of Comillas son-in-law). The architect started the project around 1880 and signed it in 1886, and the building, placed close to La Rambla, in an area that in this period was the center of Barcelona, was developed between 1886 and 1888, although the decoration wouldn’t finish until 1889. The palace was the Güell residence for a while, much later, in 1945, being sold by the count's daughter to the Diputació de Barcelona (Provincial government of Barcelona).
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