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Spain ~
Barcelona is a Living Museum for Historic Buildings, Great Architecture & Art
Article & photos by Lucy Komisar
Barcelona is a Living Museum for Historic Buildings, Great Architecture & Art
Article & photos by Lucy Komisar
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Barcelona is an amazing city of great art and architecture created by world-class artists who lived there.
From the historic Gothic Quarter to the fabulous Sagrada Familia church by Antoni Gaudí, we were
overwhelmed by its beauty, intelligence and charm.
From the historic Gothic Quarter to the fabulous Sagrada Familia church by Antoni Gaudí, we were
overwhelmed by its beauty, intelligence and charm.
The best way to begin to see Barcelona is with the 2-hour
Gothic Quarter tour run by the tourist office every morning at
10am. English commentary is provided by the guide via
headsets. We started at the Plaça St. Jaume, site of the Palace
of the Generalitat, the 14th-century building that is the seat of
the Catalonia government. The façade was changed in 1600 to
Renaissance style. The palace is a place of great pride, as the
Catalonians struggled a long time for self-rule.
Gothic Quarter tour run by the tourist office every morning at
10am. English commentary is provided by the guide via
headsets. We started at the Plaça St. Jaume, site of the Palace
of the Generalitat, the 14th-century building that is the seat of
the Catalonia government. The façade was changed in 1600 to
Renaissance style. The palace is a place of great pride, as the
Catalonians struggled a long time for self-rule.
We walked down the narrow Bishop's Street (Carrer delBisbe) with a neo-Gothic archway and covered
gallery thatleads off that square in the direction of the Cathedral. Thenour guide took a sudden detour on
a street named Paradis. He said we'd be surprised. Indeed we were! We were overwhelmed by the
30-foot tall Corinthian columns that areruins of a temple built in honor of Emperor Augustus.Barcelona was
founded by the Romans in about 15 to 10 BC,the time of Augustus. The city walls also date to that era.
gallery thatleads off that square in the direction of the Cathedral. Thenour guide took a sudden detour on
a street named Paradis. He said we'd be surprised. Indeed we were! We were overwhelmed by the
30-foot tall Corinthian columns that areruins of a temple built in honor of Emperor Augustus.Barcelona was
founded by the Romans in about 15 to 10 BC,the time of Augustus. The city walls also date to that era.
Most of the landmarks in European cities is about who the rulers
were – temporal or ecclesiastic. From the Temple of Augustus
we walked to the Plaça del Rey, a medieval square that is the
site of the 14th-century King's Palace, now a museum. I loved
the stunning throne room. These rulers exhibited great art along
with terrible authoritarian politics! The Museum of the History of
Barcelona is in the square, and there you can get a map and
guide of the city's Roman ruins.
were – temporal or ecclesiastic. From the Temple of Augustus
we walked to the Plaça del Rey, a medieval square that is the
site of the 14th-century King's Palace, now a museum. I loved
the stunning throne room. These rulers exhibited great art along
with terrible authoritarian politics! The Museum of the History of
Barcelona is in the square, and there you can get a map and
guide of the city's Roman ruins.
The ecclesiastical rulers of course
generally had just as much power and
money as the monarchs and they built
equally massive and impressive edifices.
Across the way from the King's Palace
looms the Gothic Cathedral (started in the
13th century and finished in the 19th! We
stopped there to explore on our own.
generally had just as much power and
money as the monarchs and they built
equally massive and impressive edifices.
Across the way from the King's Palace
looms the Gothic Cathedral (started in the
13th century and finished in the 19th! We
stopped there to explore on our own.
I found the most charming aspect
to be the ducks that wandered
about the courtyard in the center
of which was a spectacular statue
of Saint George and the Dragon.
Saint George is a popular
Barcelona saint. He is supposed to
have helped the Christians fighting
the Moors in the Middle Ages. The
ducks? Who can say?
to be the ducks that wandered
about the courtyard in the center
of which was a spectacular statue
of Saint George and the Dragon.
Saint George is a popular
Barcelona saint. He is supposed to
have helped the Christians fighting
the Moors in the Middle Ages. The
ducks? Who can say?
Then we went inside and saw
the gorgeous apse and some
chapels of which the most
stunning to me was the Black
Madonna of Montserrat.
the gorgeous apse and some
chapels of which the most
stunning to me was the Black
Madonna of Montserrat.
Sometimes ancient history
connects suddenly with
moderntimes. A block west
of the Cathedral, we
stopped at the nearly
hidden Plaça de Sant Felip
Neri where the Baroque
church of Sant Felip Neri,
built in 1752, was bombed
and pockmarked by bullets
during the Civil War. After
the fall of Barcelona to the
Franco fascists, people
were lined up in front of
connects suddenly with
moderntimes. A block west
of the Cathedral, we
stopped at the nearly
hidden Plaça de Sant Felip
Neri where the Baroque
church of Sant Felip Neri,
built in 1752, was bombed
and pockmarked by bullets
during the Civil War. After
the fall of Barcelona to the
Franco fascists, people
were lined up in front of
he church and executed. Later, 42 civilians, mostly children, were killed by Franco air raids which bombed the
church where they had taken shelter. Now a plaque commemorates the deaths.
church where they had taken shelter. Now a plaque commemorates the deaths.