June 20th, 2007
Barcelona
In Barcelona, we got the opportunity to see some of Gaudi´s work. The most popular of his architectural works are the Sagrada Familia a church that until this date is still unfinished, it started in 1882, the church is amazing to say the least, the style is a gothic and modern which was influeced by the great immigaration to Barcelona. Another work by Gaudi was the Parque Guell, the park has a very unique and distinct architectural desing, Gaudi uses lost of colors and odd shapes in anything he built. The park has a whole roof with mosaic railing that gave live to the building and this was the only place where the was no flowes growing. Arches, domes and pillars could be found all around the park, it resemble very much a childs playground, combinng nature and architecture to blend together, as if the buiding grew into the park. I have learned to apreciate Gaudi´s style of architecture especially after having the apportunity of seeing his work first hand.
In Barcelona, we got the opportunity to see some of Gaudi´s work. The most popular of his architectural works are the Sagrada Familia a church that until this date is still unfinished, it started in 1882, the church is amazing to say the least, the style is a gothic and modern which was influeced by the great immigaration to Barcelona. Another work by Gaudi was the Parque Guell, the park has a very unique and distinct architectural desing, Gaudi uses lost of colors and odd shapes in anything he built. The park has a whole roof with mosaic railing that gave live to the building and this was the only place where the was no flowes growing. Arches, domes and pillars could be found all around the park, it resemble very much a childs playground, combinng nature and architecture to blend together, as if the buiding grew into the park. I have learned to apreciate Gaudi´s style of architecture especially after having the apportunity of seeing his work first hand.
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I was in Barcelona for just over five days. I had heard nothing but good things about Barcelona, and once arriving, I saw that Barcelona really was as nice as I had heard. During my stay in Barcelona hotels, I checked out all the main Gaudi sights. I heard Gaudi got a lot of his inspiration from nature, and natural shapes. Perhaps my favorite of Gaudi’s creations was Park Guell, a park on what used to be the outskirts of Barcelona that Gaudi salted with goodies such as winding paths, serpentine benches, columned marketplaces, and colorful, tiled sculptures. Around every turn in the path, there was an interesting feature. Really, it was quite a nice place to spend a couple hours.
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