Hospital de Sant Pau

The former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Catalan pronunciation: [uspiˈtal də lə ˈsantə ˈkɾɛw i ˈsam ˈpaw], English: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan modernisme architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Hospital de Sant Pau
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationBarcelona, Spain
Part ofPalau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
CriteriaCultural: i, ii, iv
Reference804bis-002
Inscription1997 (21st session)
Area6.74 ha
Buffer zone23.14 ha
Websitewww.santpau.cat/en/
Coordinates41°24′46″N 2°10′28″E
Location of the hospital
Hospital de Sant Pau (Spain)

It was a fully functioning hospital until June 2009, when the new hospital opened next to it, before undergoing restoration for use as a museum and cultural center, which opened in 2014.

History
Interior of the hospital

Although the hospital's current 26 buildings[1] date from the 20th century, the Hospital de la Santa Creu (the last part of its name, "Sant Pau", was added in honour of the banker, Pau Gil, who paid for the new buildings in the twentieth century) was founded in 1401 when six small medieval hospitals merged.[2] The hospital's former buildings near the center of Barcelona date from the 15th century, and now house an art school (Escola Massana) and Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

In 1991, the hospital was awarded St. George's Cross by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

In 2003, a new hospital building was erected to the north of the Domènech i Montaner's Modernista pavilions were almost all departments moved out. However, few departments such as the Blood and Tissue Bank, the radiography department and the physical therapist department remain in some of the old buildings.

See also

References
  1. Tóibín, Colm (2002). Homage to Barcelona. London: Picador. p. 34. ISBN 9780330373562.
  2. https://www.santpaubarcelona.org/en/history

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