Parc Guëll in Barcelona. Originally conceived by Count Eusebi Guëll at the end of the 19th Century as a refuge for the super-rich of Barcelona to escape the pollution and riff-raff of the city below, it was intended to eventually include 60 houses and large landscaped gardens open only to the wealthy residents. The project was an utter failure, only two houses ever having been built (neither conceived by Antoni Gaudi, the architect commissioned to design the park). Today it is open to all the riff-raff.
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