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Casa Macaya
Pg. de Sant Joan 108 • Courtyard access only • Hours vary • Verdaguer
Four blocks west of the Sagrada Familía, Josep Puig i Cadafalch's palatial
Casa Macaya
dates from 1898-1900. It's a superbly ornamental building with a Gothic-inspired courtyard
and canopied staircase from which griffins spring. You might be able to poke your head
inside for a look at the airy courtyard, since the house is run by the Fundació La Caixa, but
even from the outside it's worth pausing to view the unusual exterior carvings by
modernista
craftsman
Eusebi Arnau i Mascort
- like the angel with a “box” Brownie camera or the
sculptor himself on his way to work by bike.
