Guided Visit
Casa Navàs is one of the finest examples of Modernisme in the world. Come and discover the only Modernist house in Europe that still preserves its original interior.
Schedule
Every day Monday to Sunday
Admission
13€ reduced/16€ general
Duration
55 minutes
Casa Navàs, due to its singularity, one of the best examples of Art Nouveau in Europe, as it is the only Art Nouveau building that remains nowadays just as it was conceived.
Entering Casa Navàs is like getting into a big artificial garden full of flourishes, in which the stained glass windows of approximately two hundred square metres, the craft in stone, the furniture, the embroidered tapestry, the ceramics, the paintings, the silk fabrics, the lamps, or the interior blinds stand out. During Casa Navàs’ Guided Visits, an expert guide will lead you through the interior of the house to discover all the details and curiosities of this gem built by Lluís Domènech I Montaner in 1908.
Visit details:
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Guided visit
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Multilanguage
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Small grups
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We recommend buying the ticket in advance
What will you see?
Staircase leading to the dwelling
Its decoration is a manifestation of the richness of the spaces that await us throughout the rest of the house, as well as an exhibition of decorative arts, featuring beautiful examples of mosaics, ceramics, artistic woodword, stained glass, applied sculpture, and sgraffito.
On the ceiling, we can see a stained-glass skylight with an iron and wood structure, and on the wall, a large ceramic mosaic depicting a garden.
Entrance hall
This is a large double-height space that recreates an ever-blooming indoor garden, featuring flowers and leaves crafted in carved stone, stained glass, metal, and marquetry. The floor is a mosaic made with marbles of different colors. This technique is know as Roman mosaic, and the artist responsible for creating it was Lluís Bru.
Dinning room
Decorated with fruit and vegetable motifs, with capitals referring to hunting and fishing, and a small gathering area around the fireplace, built with olive wood. The mosaic above the door stands out of the relief work on the faces of the figures.
This room, dedicated to social life, is decorated with photographs of the owners. The walls are upholstered with silk, the sofa features relief images, and at the center of the room hangs a golden lamp with floral motifs. The main gallery opens onto the Plaça del Mercadal, paved with Roman mosaic.
The predominant element in this space is wood, featuring exquisite examples of marquetry by Gaspar Homar, the leading cabinetmaker and decorator of Catalan Modernism.
Lounge
A room intented for social life, decorated with photographs of the owners. The walls are upholstered in silk, the sofa is adorned with embossed images, and at the center of the room there is a golden lamp with floral motifs. The main gallery stants out, opening onto the Plaça del Mercadal, which is paved with Roman mosaic.
In this room we find some of the most modern gadgets of the period, such as the house’s original telephone.
Master bedroom and bathroom
The master bedroom consists of a sitting room and an alcove, separated by a partition made of stained glass and marquetry.
The ceiling of the sitting room stands out, with a flat vault covered in a ceramic mosaic that repeats the same decorative pattern as the room’s furniture.
The bedroom connects directly with the bathroom, decorated with a large stained-glass window and featuring original period fixtures: sinks, bathtub, bidet, and a footbath.
Kitchen
The kitchen occupies an important space on the noble floor, covered with ceramic, with a flat vaulted roof. The structure of the dumb waiter that connects it directly to the shop has been preserved. Here they had to prepare the meals for the Navàs family and the shop workers.
Leaving the kitchen we enter Mr. Navàs’ office and Mrs. Blasco’s room for sewing or receiving visits.
Terrace
The terrace offers a large outdoor space with ceramic mosaic planters on wrought-iron stands. On the terrace floor are the three large glass skylights that illuminate the shop, and on the walls, two large mosaics depict King James I departing from Salou by boat for the conquest of Mallorca, and an idealized view of the city of Thessaloniki, reflecting the presence of the Catalans in Greece.
Music chamber and interior balcony
Through the service staircase, made wrought iron, we access the second floor, with features ceramic wainscoting and hydraulic flooring.
This space that was probably intended for family use, but it also included the sleeping quarters for the servants. In the 1980s, it was converted into a music room, which gives the space its current appearance.
One of the highlights of this floor is the view from the upper galleries of the openings of the staircase and the entrance hall. Here, in addition to a clear view of the Roman mosaic floors, you can enjoy the rich interplay of transparencies created by the succession of stained-glass windows, which allows you to see a group of birds flying freely across an expansive sky.
Photo Gallery
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