One of the unique features of Barcelona is incredible blend of architectural styles, especially the unique Modernist buildings, designed by Antoni Gaudi and his peers/followers.
Gaudi’s most famous building is the incredible Sagrada Familia church which is still under construction over 100 years after being started. We were also able to enjoy a great picnic in Park Guell, an incredible urban park that overlooks the city and feels like being inside of a fairy tale, and we toured Casa Mila (the two photos above), a very unique apartment building with a great exhibit devoted to all of Gaudi’s work. The building’s nickname is La Padrera (the Quarry), because it looks like a stone quarry. The roof of La Padrera is one of the building's incredible features, as all of the various chimney's and other items on the roof of an apartment building, which generally are ugly and create clutter), are topped with unique sculptures turning something ugly into something beautiful.
It is truly incredible to see all of Gaudi’s work in person because the Modernist style is so unique and really captivated both of us. The organic forms often seem to defy gravity and come across as natural as opposed to man-made.
Barcelona has many other non-Gaudi Modernist buildings and we loved visiting Mercat de Santa Caterina and the Palau de la Musica Catalana (photo above), an incrediblly unique concert hall where we enjoyed a great pops concert.
Barcelona has many other non-Gaudi Modernist buildings and we loved visiting Mercat de Santa Caterina and the Palau de la Musica Catalana (photo above), an incrediblly unique concert hall where we enjoyed a great pops concert.
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