Assorted buildings and monuments

17/05/2003

The main cathedral has a video projection screen for people at the back. Incongruous in a medieval building. Elsewhere, note the effective use of mirror to set off the columns. The aerosol youths were doing a more beautiful job than the people who designed the last building - a skyscraper of monumental ugliness. The monument in silhouette is Barcelona's claim to Columbus. I have a feeling that everywhere in Spain claims this man. Seville certainly does.

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Assorted buildings and monuments | the cable car over the harbour | some food | Parc Guell (Gaudi designed) | the Monastery - convent really - of Pedralbes | Sagrada Familia - Gaudi's fantastic cathedral in the making | Street shots | the funfair and viewpoint of Tibidabo, highest point overlooking the city | A wedding we chanced upon

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