Casa Milà

Casa Milà was built for the married couple, Rosario Segimon and Pere Milà.

Rosario Segimon was the wealthy widow of José Guardiola, an Indiano, a term applied locally to the Catalans returning from the American colonies with tremendous wealth. Her second husband, Pere Milà, was a developer who was criticized for his flamboyant lifestyle. Gaudi planned for the Casa Milà to be a spiritual symbol but the design was not followed because the local government objected to some aspects of the project and fined the owners. After the decision was made to exclude the statue of Mary and the archangels, Gaudi contemplated abandoning the project but was persuaded not to by a priest.

Another noteworthy fact is that Gaudi wanted the people who lived in the flats to all know each other therefore there were only lifts on every second floor so people had to communicate with one another on different floors.