Thursday Doors: Reus, Spain

Posted by: Darlene on: February 14, 2025

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Reus is another charming Spanish town with its own flavour. It is known as an important producer of wines and spirits, textiles, and the birthplace of Antoni Gaudí. I enjoyed a day in Reus a few years ago, walking in the footsteps of this amazing architect whose work I have admired for years.

The main town square of Reus.

Interesting windows in Modernist style overlooking the town square.

An interesting building around the square is Casa Navas, a house built in 1901 in the Catalan Art Noveau style designed by a contemporary of Antoni Gaudi, for the textile dealer, Joaquim Navas. Surprisingly, there are no buildings designed by Gaudi in Reus.

In the town hall stands a bust of their most famous resident born in 1852, the son of a coppersmith. He left Reus at the age of 16 when he moved to Barcelona to study and begin his amazing career.

The San Pedro church where Gaudi was baptised and confirmed.

The interesting figure on the side of this building is called the Jew of Arrabal. In the mid-eighteenth century, the owner of this building erected a satirical statue pointing an accusing finger at the home of a neighbour with whom he had had a legal dispute. It became a popular sculpture in the city over the years. The original, from 1768, was badly damaged and has been recreated using the same colours.

In Plaza Prim is a monument to Joan Prim, Spanish general and statesman, 1814-1870, who was assassinated while serving as the Spanish Prime Minister.

I didn’t take many pictures of this charming town as my camera battery was dead and my phone, at the time, didn’t take very good pictures. But I was happy to visit the town of Gaudi’s childhood. He often said that being brought up in the country made him appreciate nature and it inspired his designs.

Like the salamander in Park Gruel

Or this doorway in Casa Batlló that looks like an undersea garden.

This is a weekly challenge created by Dan Antion for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week and then share a link to your post in the comments on Dan’s blog post. Check out all the other door posts too.

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