Hospital de Sant Pau
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| Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| Reference | 804 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
The former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Catalan pronunciation: [uspiˈtaɫ də ɫə ˈsantə ˈkɾɛw i ˈsam ˈpaw], English: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a fully functioning hospital until June 2009, when the new hospital opened next to it, before undergoing restoration for use as a museum and cultural center which opened in 2014.
History[edit]
Although the hospital's current buildings date from the 20th century, the Hospital de la Santa Creu (the last part of its name, "Sant Pau", was added in honour of the banker, Pau Gil, who paid the new buildings in the twentieth century) was founded in 1401 when six small medieval hospitals merged. The hospital's former buildings near the center of Barcelona date from the 15th century, and now house an art school (Escola Massana) and Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).
In 1991 was awarded with the "Creu de Sant Jordi" by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
In 2003 a new hospital building was erected to the north of the Domènech i Montaner's Modernista pavilions were almost all departments moved out. However, few departments such as the Blood and Tissue Bank, the radiography department and the physical therapist department remain in some of the old buildings.
See also[edit]
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External links[edit]
- Official website of the present hospital (Catalan) (Spanish) (English)
- Hospital de Sant Pau on Gaudí i el Modernisme a Catalunya site. (Catalan) (Spanish) (French) (English)
- Official website of the hospital museum
- Guided Tours
- Hospitals in Catalonia
- Hospital buildings completed in 1930
- Defunct hospitals in Spain
- Buildings and structures in Barcelona
- Modernisme architecture in Barcelona
- Culture in Barcelona
- World Heritage Sites in Catalonia
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner buildings
- 1401 establishments
- Hospitals established in the 15th century
- Visitor attractions in Barcelona
- Art Nouveau hospital buildings