Gaudi (Bonus Episode)

Short History Of...

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In a long life, spanning the late 19th and early 20th century, Antoni Gaudi created some of history’s best-loved architecture. From his early lamppost designs, through to his great unfinished masterpiece, his unmistakable works are world renowned, inimitable, and iconic to this day. But how did a man who began life as a sickly child become one of history’s best loved architects? What drove him to reject marriage and dedicate his life to serving God through art? And why does his most famous building remain unfinished? This is a Short History of Antoni Gaudi. A Noiser+ production, written by Angus Gavin McHarg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.0	Church bells ring out across the Spanish city of Barcelona. Horse-drawn carriages pass clunking trams, and vendors on foot or bicycles shout over the bustling cafes of this medieval metropolis, speeding towards modernity.
1:25.6	Emerging from a narrow lane, two policemen head over to the Church of St. Justice and Pastor.
1:31.3	Its Gothic belfry looms over the city's red roofs, casting a shadow on the busy plaza below.
1:37.3	Today is an important day for Barcelona.
1:41.3	Churches all over the city are holding mass to commemorate Catalan martyrs,
1:46.5	heroes who died for Catalonia,
1:49.0	an autonomous region of Spain encompassing Barcelona.
1:54.5	But General Rivera's dictatorship sees Catalan culture as a threat to a unified Spanish identity, and has placed strict
2:02.5	limitations on its language. Plenty of citizens are angry about the crackdown, so these two
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