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Catalan modernism
Modernisme (, Catalan for "modernism"), also known as Catalan modernism and Catalan art nouveau, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the search of a new entitlement of Catalan culture, one of the most predominant cultures within Spain. Nowadays, it is considered a movement based on the cultural revindication of a Catalan identity. Its main form of expression was Modernista architecture, but it also encompassed many other arts, such as painting and sculpture, and especially the design and the decorative arts (cabinetmaking, carpentry, forg
Casa de les Punxes
cultural property in Barcelona, Spain

Joaquín Mir Trinxet
Spanish artist (1873-1940)
Catalunya en Miniatura
miniature park in Torrelles de Llobregat, Spain
Catalan vault
low brickwork arch
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
international centre of education and research in Catalonia