Staircase to Concert Hall, Palau de la Musica

Staircase leading to the second floor of the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell and Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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