Park Güell in Barcelona's Gràcia district was designed by Antoni Gaudí for the industrialist Eusebi Güell, who planned it as a residential development. Construction ran from 1900 to 1914, and the park opened to the public in 1926. The infobox gives no style, while the text places it in Gaudí's naturalist period within Catalan modernism.
Güell planned sixty triangular plots for houses, but only two were built, neither by Gaudí. Highlights include the sea-serpent bench, credited to Josep Maria Jujol, a vaulted hypostyle space with mosaics, elevated pathways with inverted catenary arches and columns that mimic tree trunks. The article gives no dimensions.
Since October 2013 the Monumental Zone requires a ticket, and Barcelona residents enter free. The Gaudí House Museum has a separate entry. The mosaic salamander was restored in 2007. UNESCO inscribed the park in 1984, with an extension in 2005.
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