Castelldefels Castle
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Castelldefels Castle is a frontier fortress in the town of Castelldefels, near Barcelona in Spain, that was built to defend the frontier of the Carolingian Empire against neighbouring Muslim territori
Castelldefels Castle in 2006
The eastern section of the castle keep
The church of St. Mary within the curtain wall, with the base of a 14th-century tower in the foreground
The decorative main gate dates to the end of the 19th century
Enric Sagnier
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Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia was a Catalan architect.
Castelldefels Castle
…end of the century, its ownership passed into the hands of Manuel Girona, a powerful Barcelonan banker and politician. He contracted Catalan architect Enric Sagnier to restore the castle walls and towers, and add Gothic-style windows and doors. Decorative crenellations were added to the great southwest tower, and…
Enric Sagnier
The church of Sagrat Cor atop the Tibidabo
The Palau de Justícia (law courts), one of Sagnier's early works.
Casa Fargas, Rambla de Catalunya, 47, Barcelona (1902-4)