Editing Park Güell (section)

==Origins as a housing development==
[[File:Barcelona 193.JPG|thumb|upright|The [[Gaudí House Museum]]]]
The park was originally part of a failed housing development project initiated by [[Count]] [[Eusebi Güell]]. Influenced by the English [[garden city movement]], the development's name incorporated the English term ''"Park"'' ([[Catalan language|Catalan]]: ''Parc Güell'', Spanish: ''Parque Güell''). The chosen site was a rocky hill with sparse vegetation, known as ''Muntanya Pelada'' (Bare Mountain), which already contained a large country house called Larrard House or Muntaner de Dalt House.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Over a hundred years of history {{!}} Web oficial Park Güell {{!}} Barcelona |url=https://parkguell.barcelona/en/park-guell/over-hundred-years-history |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=parkguell.barcelona}}</ref> The area bordered an upper-class neighborhood, La Salut ("The Health"). Güell aimed to capitalize on the site's fresh air and scenic views, promoting it as an attractive location away from industrial pollution. The initial plan proposed dividing the land into sixty triangular lots for luxury housing. In 1906, Güell moved into Larrard House, reportedly to promote the development. However, only two houses were ultimately built, neither designed by Antoni Gaudí.

One house was built as a display home and put up for sale in 1904. As no buyers emerged, Güell suggested Gaudí purchase it with his own savings. Gaudí agreed and moved in with his family and father in 1906.<ref name="zim">{{Citation | last = Zimmermann | first = Robert | year =2002 | title =The Best of Gaudí | url =http://www.sola-sole.com/bgaudi.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702205603/http://www.sola-sole.com/bgaudi.pdf|archive-date=2 July 2007}}</ref> This house, where Gaudí lived from 1906 until his death in 1926, was built in 1904 by [[Francesc Berenguer i Mestres|Francesc Berenguer]], a modernist architect and Gaudí's associate. It contains original works by Gaudí and several collaborators. Since 1963, it has been open to the public as the [[Gaudí House Museum]] (Catalan: ''Casa Museu Gaudí''). In 1969, it was declared a historical artistic monument of national interest.