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15/02/2023

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Casa Vicens increased its turnover by 12.6% in 2022 compared to 2019

· 126,632 visitors of more than 100 nationalities visited this UNESCO World Heritage Site building. Turnover increased by 12.6% compared to 2019. · This year, Gaudí’s first house will recover its olfactory visit with the Ernesto Ventós Foundation and schedule an exhibition in collaboration with Casa Asia. In November of last year, the first house … Read more

13/01/2023

Casa Vicens Gaudí begins the year with the restoration of the Francesc Torrescassana paintings

Five years after opening to the public, Casa Vicens is carrying out preventive conservation work in its dining room, from January 9 to 18, 2023. Gaudí’s first house has started the year carrying out cleaning, maintenance and restoration tasks. The house will be closed for ten days in order to spruce up the garden, perform … Read more

21/12/2022

Casa Vicens Gaudi evokes climate change in its Christmas decoration

Through January 8, 2023, Casa Vicens is featuring the Christmas decoration habitual for this time of year. Gaudi’s first house recovers the essence and warmth of Christmas with its holiday decorations made with noble fir, pine and eucalyptus, emerging from a golden surface that evokes a heat wave, one of the consequences of the climate … Read more

11/11/2022

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Casa Vicens celebrates the fifth anniversary of its opening with 500 tickets at €5

On Wednesday, November 16, these tickets can be purchased through their website. Gaudí’s first house will share unpublished information on its Instagram page about the restoration and rehabilitation that took place over three years. On November 16, 2017, Casa Vicens opened its doors. Five years later, this house museum is able to make a positive … Read more

07/09/2022

Casa Vicens Gaudí renews its sponsorship agreement with Club Esportiu Europa, supporting women’s football

Gaudí’s first house is continuing its support for the neighbouring environs of the Vila de Gràcia, in this case as main sponsor of the neighbourhood’s women’s team Gaudí’s first house is sponsoring Club Esportiu Europa again, for the 2022-2023 season. On this occasion, and for the first time, it will support the team by sponsoring … Read more

18/08/2022

Casa Vicens Gaudi awards its prize in the street decoration competition to Carrer de la Llibertat street, with its Viking theme

For the first time, Gaudí’s first house has awarded a prize in the well-known street decoration competition that is part of the Festa Major de Gràcia. Gaudí’s first house participated for the fifth consecutive year in the Festa Major de Gràcia and on this occasion, in addition to offering free family workshops, it awarded a … Read more

25/05/2022

La casa pairal, The Reus Manuscript

“A house is the family’s miniature nation. The family, as a nation, has a history, exterior relations, changes of government, etc. An independent family has its own house; the family that is not, rents a house. An owned house is the country of birth; a rented house is the country of emigration. This is why … Read more

17/03/2022

Casa Vicens joins the celebrations of the Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 175th Anniversary

Through April 24, Gaudi’s first house is hosting the opera Gaudí, performed in 2004 More than 120 cultural institutions in Catalonia are participating in the project “Museums and Liceu: A Shared History”, in order to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in 1847. As part of this project, … Read more

11/02/2022

Casa Vicens, Gaudí’s first house, regains its pre-pandemic economic pace

· Gaudí’s first house increased the number of visitors in 2020 by 43%, reaching 70,572 in 2021 · The visitors to this World Heritage site continue to be culturally-minded people with high standards who are seeking to discover Gaudí’s origins In the second year involving a pandemic, capacity restrictions and a hesitant number of tourists … Read more

20/01/2022

Casa Vicens Gaudí is hosting the first solo exhibition of Filipina artist Nikki Luna in Barcelona

· The artist defends the role of the women who perform invisible work in today’s society, starting from a personal standpoint: the women in her own family Today, Gaudí’s first house is inaugurating an exhibition giving a roots-up presentation of the Philippine community, thanks to Nikki Luna’s conceptual works of art, which invite us to … Read more