Barcelona - Visions of Gaudi
This house was reconstructed by Gaudi during 1904-1906. The facade is very spectacular with bone-like pillars at the windows and balconies resembling fish skulls.
Casa Batlló facade
The inside is spectacular as well. Notice how the blue color scale gets lighter on the lower floors.
Casa Batlló
A lot of Gaudi's work feature colorful trencadis, a Catalan type of mosaic. The scaled roof looks like reptile skin and some claim the roof to be a dragon.
The roof facade of Casa Batlló
This church is Antoni Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece. To me it looks more like an alien spaceship than a place for worship. The construction will continue for at least 40 years, so the cranes are almost a part of the building these days.
Sagrada Familia
When finished the church will have a total of 18 towers. One of them can actually be climbed today.
Sagrada Familia
This is a detail of the Nativity Facade facing east. This facade was actually finished by Gaudi and has an eerie organic look.
Sagrada Familia
The gingerbread houses are lining the entrance to Parc Guëll, a public park situated on a hill north of Barcelona that was constructed by Gaudi. The view is spectacular with the Mediterranean Sea in the distance.
Parc Guëll
The gingerbread houses are lining the entrance to Parc Guëll, a public park situated on a hill north of Barcelona that was constructed by Gaudi.
Reine in Parc Guëll
The large plaza is bordered by the largest bench in the world, supported by 86 columns creating the great hall Sala Hipòstila.
Gran Placa Circular in Parc Guëll
This is the unconventional roof terrace of Casa Milà, commonly known as La Pedrera. The entire building breaks with traditional architecture by not using a single straight line.
La Pedrera
"What was Gaudi smoking, anyway?"
La Pedrera
This is the unconventional roof terrace of Casa Milà, commonly known as La Pedrera. The entire building breaks with traditional architecture by not using a single straight line.
Roof terrace at La Pedrera
Avinguda de la Reina María Christina is flanked by two venetian towers, modeled on the Bell Tower of the San Marco Square in Venice.
Plaça d'Espanya
Staring at the sun
This building was designed as the German Pavilion for the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929. The sculpture by Georg Kolbe is called "Dawn" but could as well be called "Melt".
Pavello Mies van der Rohe
This pedestrian bridge leads up to the statue of Columbus.
Rambla del Mar
Palau Nacional sits on top of the hill Montjuïc, where Iberic Celts settled several thousand years ago.
Palau Nacional
The hill of Montjuïc overlooks the Plaça d'Espanya, where public hangings took place until the gallows were moved in 1715.
View from Palau National