Palau de la Música Catalana

The Palau de la Música Catalana was built between 1905 and 1908 as the home of the Orfeó Català, a choral society at the centre of the Catalan cultural revival, and it still belongs to the choir. Its architect, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, made it one of the chief works of Catalan modernisme. The concert hall is lit by daylight through stained glass, including a great central skylight, and the stage is framed by sculpture: muses, Wagner’s Valkyries, and busts of Anselm Clavé and Beethoven. UNESCO listed the building as a World Heritage Site in 1997. It remains one of Barcelona’s main halls for symphonic and choral concerts, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays there on tour.