Palau Macaya
You’re looking at Palau Macaya, also known as Casa Macaya, a Modernista home designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Built between 1898 and 1900, it was commissioned by the industrialist and crystal-object collector Macaya i Gibert, and later recognized as a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional on 9 January 1976—the kind of official protection reserved for buildings of major cultural value. The façade keeps its white palette, enlivened with ochre esgrafiats made by Joan Paradís. Even where the front reads as restrained, the carving isn’t: the long balcony on the main floor, window finials, and a small tribune gain ornament from stonework by Eusebi Arnau and Alfons Jujol. Inside, the entrance hall combines esgrafiats and tiles, and rises toward an upper flight of stone stairs decorated with floral motifs. …
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