1. Gaudí Gaudí THE ARCHITECT

2. He was born in 1852 in Reus , son of a copper maker from Riudoms (Catalonia). From childhood Gaudí was an attentive observer of nature and felt attracted to its forms, colours and geometry.

3. In 1868 , he decided to study architecture in Barcelona, in a college dominated by neo-classical and romantic trends. Gaudí

4. He created a new style of architecture, the modernism, based on Nature shapes. He died in 1926 in Barcelona.

6. His most important monument is “ Sagrada Familia ” in Barcelona .