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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona). Institutional Presentation - English Version

The Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau provides health services to its catchment area and serves as a referral facility for services of excellence in Catalonia. It is competitive and dynamic in its areas of activity: healthcare, teaching and research. The Hospital has its origins in 1401, when six hospitals in the city of Barcelona merged to form the Hospital de la Santa Creu, a fine example of civilian gothic architecture. With the growth of the city and the advances in medicine in the 19th century, the centre was unable to meet the demands of the time and construction of a new building was proposed. Thanks to the legacy of Pau Gil, a banker, the first stone of the new building was laid on January 15th, 1902. "Sant Pau" was added to the old name of "la Santa Creu" to honour the wishes of its benefactor. The architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner was commissioned with the project. Over the years, the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau became the most significant public building in Catalan modernisme.