General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Bishopric |
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Location
| Location: |
Astorga, León, Castile-Leon, Spain |
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| Coordinates: | 42° 27' 28.20" N 6° 3' 21.44" W |
Technical Information
Materials
| façade |
granite
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Chronology
| 1887 | Bishop Juan Bautista Grau i Vallespinós asks Gaudí to design the Episcopal palace. |
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| 1893 | Juan Bautista Grau i Vallespinós dies and Gaudí leaves the palace unfinished because of disagreements with the administration. |
| 1961 | Palace is completed after several other architects change the design and small collapses cause delays. |
Participants
Architecture
- Antoni Gaudí (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1993): Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926). Ein Leben in der Architektur. Taschen, Cologne (Germany), pp. 222-225.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20003148 - Published on:
22/02/2002 - Last updated on:
11/08/2017
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