Interior view
by DOMÈNECH I MONTANER, Lluís, Photo
The Palau de la M�sica Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) is a concert hall in Barcelona. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Llu�s Dom�nech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfe� Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixen�a (Catalan Rebirth). It was inaugurated on 9 February 1908.
The Palau de la M�sica, with its polychromy and ornamentation and its appropriate structural solutions achieved on a difficult site, is his most outstanding work. The double fa�ade with an inner glass wall independent of the outer structure is a characteristic Dom�nech element.
The decoration of the interior includes the use of tiles, mosaics and some splendid stained glass, especially the large ‘Sun’ in the centre of the ceiling.