translated from Spanish: “Gaudí in Valparaiso”: the great exhibition which brings to Chile emblematic works of the catalan architect

the work by Antoni Gaudí, the most important exponent of the modern architecture of Spain and author of the iconic La Sagrada familia Church, will visit Valparaiso. On March 12 will open an exhibition with more than 150 original parts, which will be displayed on the Parque Cultural Ex prison.
This shows that comes out for the first time outside of Barcelona, will allow to see more than 150 objects, furniture, models, photos, plans and unpublished audiovisual materials in Chile and Latin America.
“It is a sign that includes 150 years of research on Gaudí. Where there are more than 100 original time of enormous historical value, all of them had to pass by the authorization of the Ministry of culture to get out of Spain”, explained Père Jordi Figuerola, curator of the Diocesan Museum of Barcelona and founder of the Cátedra Gaudí at the University of Barcelona.
Barcelona to Valparaiso on the other hand, the Director of the Cultural Park of Valparaíso, Nélida well, said that “for us is a privilege starting the programming of the year 2019 with a sample as important as it is Gaudi, who is a genius of modern architecture. Be Barcelona to Valparaiso is very important, because we are from the Region informing aesthetic experiences of tremendous value to the community.”
Meanwhile, the representative of the College of architects of Valparaiso, Daniel Morales said that “somehow Gaudí embodies a spirit very linked to the urban development of Barcelona, where one of its most important points is that it managed to develop harmonically the port and the city. It is an example to follow for Valparaíso”.

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