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The Palau Güell is one of the first important commissions that Gaudí received at the beginning of his career. Eusebi Güell (industrialist, politician and patron) wanted Gaudí to build this peculiar urban palace for him as an extension of the family house he had on the Rambla de Barcelona.

The Palau Güell (1886-1890) is a magnificent example of domestic architecture in the context of modernism. It was the home of the Güell-López family until it moved to Park Güell. Gaudí knew how to design a functional palace adapted to the needs of the family's private life and the intense social and cultural life it was to host. The building stands out for its innovative conception of space and light. Gaudí introduced varied solutions to the Palau Güell based on very personal approaches and created exceptional forms of expression based on his imagination, using traditional noble materials (stone, wood, wrought iron, ceramics, glass, etc.). It was declared a historic-artistic monument by Spain in 1969, as well as a cultural asset of national interest, and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. The building, as a work of youth, contains the essence of the work later by Gaudí and is essential to understand its architecture.

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