Barcelona - Golden Quarter

(Local Name: Quadrat d'Or) Casa Calvet "Quadrat d'Or" is the name given to that area of the Eixample containing the best and most numerous examples of the Modernist style of architecture. It is bordered mainly by the Plaça de Catalunya to the south, by the Avinguda de la Diagonal to the north, by the Passeig de Sant Joan to the north and Carrer Muntaner to the southwest. The main road through it is the Passeig de Gràcia.

What gives the Quadrat d'Or its special charm is the large number of well-preserved late 19th and early 20th C. residences designed by a number of different architects and thus providing a varied cross-section of the Modernist style. Literally at every step the visitor will stumble across interesting details - ceramic art, stained glass windows, wrought-iron work, reliefs, mosaics, statues and much more besides - a genuine "open-air" museum.