The city of Barcelona is Antoni Gaudi's master piece. From an interpretation of Hansel and Gretel's candy house in Park Guell to the Sagrada Familia , his approach to architecture and usage of color led me to take over 200 pictures in one day. Let me also add that the man lived in a pink house!
Antoni Gaudi was a Catalan architect who died in 1926. The top most picture is a snapshot of the Hansel and Gretel house that is at the entrance of Park Guell. The picture below is of the impressive Sagrada Familia, a catholic church. Gaudi worked on the Sagrada Familia for over 40 years and it remained incomplete after he died. The city is trying to finish his work and hoping that they can have it completed by 2026, a hundred years after his death.
When I saw the church in person, I was like "Whaaa? How is that a church? It looks like the total opposite of a church..." Like I said, Gaudi had his own individual style.
More Gaudi architecture:
The colonnade, "La Ola" in the park
Gaudi's usage of tile mosaics in the ceiling and the wrap around bench. Do you see snoopy's face in this picture below?
Gaudi's pink house
View of Barcelona from the park bench
Christine and I were really lucky to have our wonderful friend, Roser, give us a tour of her home city. She has so much Catalan spirit! I think I learned Catalan History 101 in just one day with her. For those of you who don't know much about the history of the Spain, Spain is split into Autonomous communities- Catalonia is one of them and the capital of Catalonia is Barcelona.
Did you know that Barcelona's official language is Catalan, not Spanish?
1 comment:
To go see Gaudi's work is one of the reasons I would go to Barcelona. I'm so glad that you got to and have pictures. Punk. :)
-Liz
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