Venue

Sant Pau Recinte Modernista

Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Espagne

The modernist complex of Sant Pau, built between 1905 and 1930, was designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner as a garden city for the sick. After serving as a public hospital for a century, its renovated pavilions now shine in all their glory. Visiting this exceptional architectural ensemble is a unique experience. 

At the end of the 19th century, the old building of the Hospital de la Santa Creu, which was in the Raval district of Barcelona, ​​had become too small and outdated, it had to be relocated. Its counterpoint was an ambitious project, inspired by the most progressive hygienist currents of the time. Let us not forget that the trajectory of this institution has always been linked to charity and to social and health advances. 

This modernist complex, the most important in Europe, is today a benchmark of Barcelona's monumental wealth and also of its innovative spirit. Listed in 1997 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, its architectural and artistic value acquires a new international dimension with the new use of the pavilions. The whole is now a knowledge campus and the seat of international organizations, such as the European Forest Institute, Casa Àsia, the Global University Network for Innovation, or the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, culture and mobility.