Palau Güell

This guide to Palau Güell in Barcelona traces how the industrialist Eusebi Güell became Antoni Gaudí's first great patron, after spotting a glove display case at the 1878 Paris World Exhibition and tracking down its little-known young architect. You'll hear about the building's parabolic entrance arches, its bronze phoenix ironwork, and the star-punctured dome over a seventeen-meter salon designed to scatter lantern light like a night sky. Listen for how it foreshadows the rooftop style Gaudí would return to for the rest of his career.