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Barcelona Travel

editor — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 05:53:00 +0000

Barcelona Travel PALAU GUELL. Gaudf’s Palau Gttell (1886) the Modernist residence built for patron Eusebi Gttell (of Park Gttell fame) has one of Barcelona’s most spectacular interiors. Gttell spared no expense on this house, considered to be the first where Gaudfs unique style truly showed. (C. Nou de La Rambla 3-5. M: Liceu. Open Mar.-Oct. Su 10am-2pm, M-Sa 10am-8pm, last tour at 6:15pm; Nov.-Dee. M-Sa 10am-6pm. ‚3, students ‚1.50. Mandatory tour every 15min.) MUSEU D’ART CONTEMPORANI (MACBA). This monstrosity of a building was constructed with the idea that sparse decor would allow the art to speak for itself. The MACBA

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Traveling in Barcelona

editor — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:31:00 +0000

Traveling in Barcelona WATERFRONT MUSEU MARITIM. The Drassanes Reiales de Barcelona (Royal Shipyards of Barcelona) are considered the world’s greatest standing example of Civil (i.e. non-religious) Gothic architecture and are currently awaiting nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The complex consists of a series of huge indoor bays with slender pillars, in which entire ships could be constructed and stored over the winter. Since 1941, the building has housed the Maritime Museum, which traces the evolution of shipbuilding and life on the high seas. (Av. Drassanes, off the rotary around the Monument a Colom. M: Drassanes, L3. s933 42

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