Modernisme Style in Catalonia Architecture
The paper describes the unique trend in the world architecture - Catalonian modern (Modernisme). The historical and political, socioeconomic and cultural premises of this style rise are considered herein. For Catalonia, Modernisme has become the renascence symbol of national identity. The general plan of the capital of Catalonia was made by Idelfonso Serda in 1872. It is shown that district L'Eixample in Barcelona is the original experimental polygon for creative work of the outstanding Catalonian architects late in the 19th and early 20th centuries.