Holy cow, had I heard a lot about Barcelona!
Everyone went there, and everyone loved it. Barcelona has a long, long
history - a Roman military camp in the third century BC, conquest by the Visigoths and the Moors, and of course a lot of fighting during the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century.
So... I was kind of startled when I saw that most of the city's attractions were built after WWII.
There is the Gothic Corner which I didn't get to (because I couldn't figure out where it was,) but from what I saw and heard, Barcelona now is a center for art and architecture. The architect
Gaudi is memorialized everywhere, along with artists like Picasso. A lot of the ordinary, everyday buildings are both bizarre and pretty amazing.
I was there for two days. The first day, the day I arrived, I walked around some and looked at one church. Pictures:
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| All the intersections are shaped like diamonds |
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| If there is such a thing as a typical building in the hub of Barcelona, this might fit into that category |
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| Inside of a church |
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| This was probably my favorite crucifix |
The light falls right on the crucifix.
ReplyDeleteWhat else made that one your favorite?
I just liked how all the attention was focused on the cross. In Sagrada Familia, as beautiful as that was, the crucifix was surrounded by light, architecture, etc., that actually made the cross hard to see. Here, everything is pointing to the cross.
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