Skylight of stained glass with central inverted dome designed by Antoni Rigalt, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona
The Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall designed in the modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. and built in Barcelona between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català. The concert hall of the Palau, which seats about 2,200 people, is the only auditorium in Europe that is illuminated during daylight hours entirely by natural light. The walls on two sides consist of stained-glass panes set in magnificent arches, and overhead is an enormous skylight of stained glass designed by Antoni Rigalt whose centerpiece is an inverted dome in shades of gold surrounded by blue that suggests the sun and the sky. In 1997, the Palau de la Música Catalana was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Size: 3424px × 5200px
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Photo credit: © Bob Masters / Alamy / Afripics
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