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Each major city has a unique cultural icon that defines and shapes his image. Think of New York and the Empire State Building comes immediately to mind. Paris Photo elegant curves of the Eiffel Tower springs into view. Sydney has its Opera House and London's Big Ben clock. When it comes to Barcelona the other building, but encapsulates the Holy Family the spirit of this modern city and relaxed so precisely?

Barcelona is impressed with the genius, spirit and architecture of its most famous son -- Antoni Gaudí. His best known work is the ongoing construction of Sagrada, but if you look closely enough, your brand is everywhere in Barcelona, the tile flooring flowered balconies and ghosts, ghost in the parks and the curves of the window frames. Almost all the work of Gaudi is located in Barcelona, the configuration city with creativity and energy of its buildings.

La Sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia, or Holy Family Cathedral, is unlike any another cathedral you've seen before. Eighteen thin needles make the air, the four top-90s 112 meters high. The number has a religious meaning - which represents the Twelve Apostles, the four evangelists, Matthew, John, Mark and Luke, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Since far from the stone walls of the Holy nothing seems much like a giant sand castle, a child Playtoy adorned with bright pieces of beach glass and shells washed.

Gaudí worked the main facade, which is devoted to the theme of the Nativity. The facade shows biblical scenes and is peopled by life-sized sculptures of birds, animals and children. The work continues in this amazing cathedral, one hundred years after its creation. Gaudí had anticipated that his greatest work was not completed in their lifetime compared to the construction of medieval cathedrals took generations to complete. "My client is in no hurry" which once famously said. Sacred is inclined to be completed in 2026, the year which also marks the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death.

The interior of the Sagrada is unlike any cathedral, whether Romanesque, Gothic or medieval. White organic tree branches adorned with flowers reach the ceiling and live up windows and color to brighten the walls. The work of Gaudí, as always, is informed by the nature and space and grace of the Holy is a world away from the dark, silent inside other European cathedrals. In contrast, Holy seems to celebrate the glory of natural forms and light.
The cathedral is open 9-8, April to September and 9-6 October to March. On holidays the Cathedral closes at 2 pm. Ticket prices cost € 11 and guided tours are € 15. Audio guides are available, along with a variety of books and memorabilia Bookseller. A trip up one of the towers of the Sagrada worth to dizzying view of the skyline of Barcelona, but prepared for the long tail and additional € 2 positions.

Casa Batllo

The House of Bones, as this structure is known, has gray skull-shaped terraces cream spread across its facade. Formerly a private residence, inside the Casa Batllo is covered in iridescent cerulean, navy and cobalt tiles. Gaudi was inspired by the sea to the house, turning the bony spine of a whale, undulating waves of water, gills of fish and ocean blue graduated from a ladder, roof, windows and in the atrium of the Casa Batlló. The ceiling depicting St. George and the Dragon, with its rotation, the dragon of chimneys and undulating dragon claw back at tile bright red, green and yellow.

Casa Batlló is open 9-8 on most days, and the entry fee of € 16.50 includes a guide audio, useful for an understanding of how the genius of Gaudi, jumped from the natural inspiration for practical application.

Casa Mila

In early 1900, Gaudí was commissioned to build a private residence for a local businessman. Casa Mila or La Pedrera, "The Quarry", is best known as as is a curved, white stone building standing sentry a few blocks from the Casa Batlló. Production of wrought iron balconies weave through the facade, and its interior ripple through the attics and attic. The most popular part of the house is the roof, with its giant smokestacks seem medieval knights.
In summer evenings, from mid June to early July, La Pedrera is open every Friday and Saturday for reservations for live music and enjoy the Catalan champagne. The ceiling is lit in a strange, out of this world of fashion and the night sky of Barcelona from here is worth a visit. Normal visiting hours are 10-8 and the Admission is 8 €.

Park Guell

If the hustle and bustle of the streets throwing Barcelona gets a bit too much, a package of book and a snack, and went to Park Guell, a World Heritage site by UNESCO is situated on the outskirts of the city. Dotted with colored mosaics and filled with breathtaking views, this is a fantasy world of a park.
At the entrance, mosaic lizard Gaudi trencadís guards double stairs leading to a large square. Spotted in tile blues and greens, which greets visitors with a yawn gay as he basks in the sun. The park was originally commissioned as a garden city by Count Eusebio Güell, of whom it is named. The architecture is something strange and playful, again based on Gaudí's love of nature. Giant lizards in decorative wrapping stones, snakes glide through a decorative wall, and the Hall of the inclination of the columns play tricks on the eyes of the mind. Park Pavilions seem to come straight from a fairy tale, covered with bright tiles and cotton candy towers that seem too good to eat. Admission here is free, so to bring along a pair of good shoes and a healthy dose of his own innate joy and imagination.