Location Spain Criteria i, ii, iv Phone +34 932 91 90 00 UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 1997 | Type Cultural Reference 804 Province Province of Barcelona | |
 | ||
UNESCO region Europe and North America Address Carrer de Sant Quintí, 89, 08026 Barcelona, Spain Similar Palau de la Música Catalana, Old Hospital de la Santa, Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Casa Milà | ||
Hospital de sant pau 2014 hd
The former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau ([uspiˈtaɫ də ɫə ˈsantə ˈkɾɛw i ˈsam ˈpaw], English: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan modernisme architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Contents
It was a fully functioning hospital until June 2009, when the new hospital opened next to it, before undergoing restoration for use as a museum and cultural center, which opened in 2014.
History
Although the hospital's current buildings date from the 20th century, the Hospital de la Santa Creu (the last part of its name, "Sant Pau", was added in honour of the banker, Pau Gil, who paid the new buildings in the twentieth century) was founded in 1401 when six small medieval hospitals merged. The hospital's former buildings near the center of Barcelona date from the 15th century, and now house an art school (Escola Massana) and Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).
In 1991, the hospital was awarded St. George's Cross by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
In 2003, a new hospital building was erected to the north of the Domènech i Montaner's Modernista pavilions were almost all departments moved out. However, few departments such as the Blood and Tissue Bank, the radiography department and the physical therapist department remain in some of the old buildings.