5/5 Gabriel G. 4 years ago on Google
The
name
of
the
block
label
dates
from
the
turn
of
the
twentieth
century,
when
much
of
the
local
press
greatly
satirized
the
new
architectural
styles
of
Modernisme.
The
words
"illa"
and
"mansana"
both
provide
a
play
on
words.
"Illa
de
la
discòrdia"
is
a
Catalan
expression
that
corresponds
with
the
English
expression
"bone
of
contention,"
but
also
literally
means
"block
of
discord."
Similarly,
"mansana
de
la
discòrdia"
is
a
pun
that
means
both
"block
of
discord"
and
"apple
of
discord,"
referring
to
the
golden
Apple
of
Discord
in
the
Judgment
of
Paris,
a
Greek
myth
in
which
three
goddesses
participate
in
a
competition
to
determine
which
of
them
is
the
fairest.
Calling
the
area
the
"Apple
of
Discord"
thus
refers
to
the
presence
of
the
major
Modernista
architects
all
competing
for
the
most
impressive
architecture
(and
their
styles
clashing)
on
the
very
same
city
block
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