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The Casa Lleó Morera (Lleó Morera House or ´Lion Mulberry House´), designed by the archtiect
Lluís Domènech i Montaner, was constructed in 1902 and was awarded with the first prize of the Arquitectura del
Ayuntamiento de Barcelona (Architecture of City Council of Barcelona) in 1906.
It is a reference of Catalan Modernism and is situated in the named Manzana de la Discordia (Block of Discord) or
Cuadrado de Oro (Squared Gold), an island of houses in the
Paseo de Gracia in where the
Casa Amatller of
Josep Puig i Cadafalch and the
Casa Batlló of
Antoni Gaudí are found.
Its name does not respond to the name of its owners, like it used to occur in the era, but the decorative symbols based on lions and white mulberries and inspired in the Medieval coat of arms.
In mid XX Century the house fell in to a forgotten state and during the Civil War it was the object of attacks and looting. According to the journalist Lliís Permanyer, in the lower floor of the house existed some extraordinary sculptures in nymph form from
Eusebi Arnau i Mascot, which were one of the key points of the building. Unfortunately, there only remains one example that today can be observed in the Dalí Museum in Figueras.
As such, the labour of this sculptor also remained captured in the façade, where he worked together with
Antoni Serra i Fiter in the ceramic, and
Lluís Bru i Salelles and
Mario Maragaliano in the mosaics.
Gaspar Homar was in charge of the interior decoration and the furnishing.
Currently it is a private house, where they only permit visits with authorisation.