His parents have four other children, Rosa, Maria, Francesc (who dies) and Francesc, named after his deceased older brother. Of all his parents’ offspring, Gaudi is the only one to live beyond 35 years of age.

Berenguer is the father of Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, a great friend of Gaudi’s and his collaborator. In the early years of Gaudi’s secondary schooling, he receives poor marks in all subjects apart from geometry and 2 arithmetic, at which he excels. He receives a classical, religious and humanistic education.

Twelve copies are produced of each of the ten issues of the magazine published.

He studies elements of physics and natural history. He registers at the University of Barcelona Faculty of Sciences, where he studies a foundation course in architecture with a view to entering the Provincial School of Architecture. During this period, he lives with his brother Francesc at number 12 on Placeta de Montcada, next to the Church of Santa Maria del Mar.

Prior to this, the monastery had been abandoned and was in a very poor state of repair.

At that time, Fontserè had been commissioned to develop Ciutadella Park. Gaudi worked on the design of the perimeter railings, the monumental waterfall, the balustrade around the monument to Carles Aribau and the cistern to 3 regulate the water supply. He continued to contribute to the park works until 1878.

It also contains drawings for the pieces he did as preparation to enter the Barcelona Provincial School of Architecture. Written in the manner of a diary, it includes entries on the family home, the art of ornamentation, his personal work and his relationships with the teaching staff. The manuscript ends in 1877 with notes on a festive lunch with architects from the first year at the Provincial School of Architecture.

Notable projects from this period as a student include the gate to a cemetery (1875) and a jetty (1876).

These projects include: a static calculation for the water cistern in Ciutadella Park (1875); a project for a general hospital in Barcelona (1876-1877); a project for the Spanish Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Philadelphia (1876); and a fountain for Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona (1877). His end-of-course project is a design for a university auditorium (1877).

The association was founded three years earlier for people keen to go on outings of a cultural nature. During these excursions, the scientific and artistic qualities of the heritage site or monument visited were discussed.

This exhibition is held in December in the central offices of Foment del Treball Nacional (the main employers’ association) in Barcelona. In January 1881, Gaudi writes an article about the exhibition in Catalan, which is published in two instalments in La Renaixensa newspaper.

The architect was building the church of the Sagrat Cor de Jesús School on Carrer de Casp in Barcelona. Gaudi also works for Martorell on the Gothic Revival church of the Silesian nuns on Passeig de Sant Joan in Barcelona.

At the event, held on 18, 19 and 20 June, the works of Àngel Guimerà, Narcís Oller and Artur Masriera are read. The participants also visit Perpignan and Elne, where photographs of the cloister are taken.

He is also assisted by the student of architecture Joan Bordàs i Salellas and the photographers Mas and Cuyàs. The exhibition is held between April and June in the Grand Palais with the patronage of Eusebi Güell, who invests a large sum of money in it. The exhibits, which are not officially in the Salon competition, are displayed in a room set aside for him. He receives plaudits from the critics for his work.

Once the exhibition closes, the pieces are returned to Barcelona and installed in his studio at Sagrada Família. Most of them are lost in the fire of 1936.

Rather than remain on his own in the house in Park Güell, he decides thenceforth to live in the studio at Sagrada Família, where he spends the remaining years of his life.

On 12 June, his body is buried in the Carmel Chapel in the crypt of Sagrada Família. A throng of people gather to 7 mourn him.