9/50.- Barcelona, Can Serra

We are now in Diagonal / Rambla Catalunya. This is the "Diputació de Barcelona", the building housing the Council of the Region of Barcelona. The house you see at the front is the work of Josep Puig i Cadafalch, another Modern Style Catalan Architect. Behind it, there is the new building. Both are connected.

When the ‘Diputació’ needed more space, the new part was built. It was designed black to contrast with the Modern Style old building. Do you like the mixture?

Not far from here there's another Modern Style building you shouldn't miss: the ‘Casa de les Punxes’ ...

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