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Els Pallaresos is a village located on a small hill from 125 meters in the district of Tarragones, Tarragona Province, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. It is surrounded by housing development. In recent years, it has had a population growth of very important people, mainly due to its proximity from the city of Tarragona (4 miles about). Traditionally the main livelihood of the villagers (Pallaresencs) was agriculture (the cultivation of hazelnuts, almonds, grapes, cereals, carob and olive oil). Nowadays, half the land isn't good for cultivation and therefore dominates the pine forest. Among the exceptionally fertile vineyards of the village emerges the Casa Bofarull, a Cultural heritage monument in Spain

The representative symbol of the village is "the Bofarull House", with his lightning rod shaped angel. In 1913 Jujol began his intervention on Casa Bofarull, finishing its remodeling in 1933

The guardian angel, a sculpture made by Jujol himself, with its large and trimmed wings, it protects the properties and its inhabitants, whilst it always fights against the wind, acting as a weather-vane (www.casabofarull.com/eng/valuations.html)

Tower balcony roof(Mirador)

Tower roof

Old farming tools transformed into iron fittings adorns the main door of this 17th century masía (farmhouse) totally transformed by the genial Josep Maria Jujol

Josep Maria Jujol (1879-1949) was also a painter, sculptor, ironworker, graphic designer, and ceramic and stained-glass artist. He developed his unusual architectural style through many years of close, creative collaboration with Antoni Gaudi. 

Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879 –1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works.

Jujol's work is characterized by a high degree of sensibility to the forms of nature, an emphatically anti-geometric aesthetic, attention to workmanship and detail, as well as the imaginative use of old and previously utilized material.

Jujol's work is an eloquent expression of his affection for the Catalonian landscape, his modesty, and deep religious faith

Jujol's fountain in Barcelona

elephant-shaped iron hook

The Neo-Mudejar gallery

The Lookout Point Tower and the

Dome of the Angel

In Jujol’s work really “in every detail a

universe is hidden”

Cultural heritage monument in Spain

The Neo-Mudejar

gallery is a wonder by a great artist-

architect. Here in casa

Bofarull we can find Jujol as a painter,

sculptor, craftsman,

designer and always as an

architect

The Neo-Mudejar gallery

The pergola over the laundry sink, formed by a series of vaulted arches, the so much loved by Gaudí "balanced style", his master and greatest admirer

The pergola over the laundry sink

Josep Maria Jujol, one of Gaudí’s major collaborators, is an architect who deserves greater national and international recognition. He was a magnificent architect with tremendous talent and creativity

The pergola over the laundry sink

Doorknob leading to the garden

A triangular aperture on the wall fitted with a praiseworthy iron grille

The outdoor yard fountain, located in a lower level with a triangular aperture on the wall fitted with a praiseworthy iron grille

The outdoor yard fountain

The triangular aperture on the wall

fitted with a praiseworthy iron

grille

The triangular aperture on the wall

and the archway over courtyard

South facade of the Casa Bofarull,

archway over courtyard and the

yard fountain

The Angel

Jujol's Modernisme was based on a careful treatment of plaster, terracotta and sgraffito on white façades, decorative elements that accompany the dynamism of volumes (especially in freestanding houses) and lively projecting roof lines undulating together with iron, in which the structural merges with the ornamental

The pavilion of Catalonia (14th Venice Biennale of Architecture 2014)

Grafting Architecture, Catalonia Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2014

Catalan architect and colleague of Gaudi Josep Maria Jujol (1879-1949) developed his unusual architectural style through many years of close, creative collaboration with Antoni Gaudi. Jujol's work is characterized by a high degree of sensibility to the forms of nature, an emphatically anti-geometric aesthetic, attention to workmanship and detail, as well as the imaginative use of old and previously utilized material. It is an eloquent expression of his affection for the Catalonian landscape, his modesty, and deep religious faith

Sound: Jose Carreras - Damunt de tu nomes les flors (Above you Nothing but Flowers)

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu

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