Basilica-Església de la Mare de Deu de la Mercè i Sant Miquel Arcàngel or “Our Lady of Mercy.
From 1086 to 1131 Ramon Berenguer III was the “Great Baron” leader of Barcelona.
Gotta make a living. Tourists loved to both have their photo taken and give this woman a hard time.
I didn’t spend enough time at Parc de la Ciutadella, a large green space in the city where one can find the Museu d’Art Modern is situated in the building of the parliament. The Zoologic and the Museu de Geologia are placed in the area of the park, all of which I missed this visit.
Antoni Viladomat i Manalt was one of the most important Catalan painters of the 18th century.
Sadly I misplaced the name of this church.
Even buildings that were not designed by Gaudi were worth noting.
La Pedrera:
This is one of Gaudí’s main residential buildings and one of the most imaginative houses in the history of architecture. This building is more sculpture than a building. The façade is a varied and harmonious mass of undulating stone that, along with its forged iron balconies, explores the irregularities of the natural world. UNESCO recognized this building as World Heritage in 1984.
Just a reminder that when traveling ancient cities, look up.
Casa Batlló is the result of a total restoration in 1904 of an old conventional house built in 1877. Gaudí used for it the typical constructive elements of the Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau) that include ceramics, stone, and forged iron. Even though it was highly criticized by the city during construction due to its radical design that broke all the bylaws of the city, in 1906 the Barcelona City Council awarded it the recognition of being one of the three best buildings of the year. And, yes, the building changes color, that’s not my cameras.
Plaza de Cataluna occupies about 50,000 sq m in the heart of Barcelona. Known for both it’s statues and it’s pigeons.
I just sat and enjoyed the warm, sunny weather at the harbor’s edge for most of my last day. With the sun making it feel warmer than the 55°F/13C it was when back in New England where I would arrive after a long flight. Barcelona to Dublin to Stewart Int. in NY to be picked up by my mate, Mike Garrity and then 1 + hour drive to his house where it was more like 31/-.6 how could I conceive of a better last day, after over 100 of them in Europe?
I hope the sailboat has enough mast!
Once a Port Authority building, this beauty is getting a long overdue rehab.
Behind the wave art is a large shopping area with many waterfront eateries. And by each bench there are large wind-blockers making a sit in the warm Barcelona winter sun even nicer.
It took about 30 minutes for the captain to dock this yacht.
And nobody was fishing! No idea what these fish were but they were about 1.5’/30cm long
There are far worse places to be in mid-January than Barcelona, something I must keep in mind.
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