Vista Point Barcelona Spain
Vista Point Barcelona Spain
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BARCELONA
Barcelona is one of the most lively harbor cities on the Mediterranean and
after Madrid, Spain’s second largest city and the capital of
Catalonia. Intimate squares, small palaces and tangled alleys provide a
good insight into its history as Iberians, Greeks and Romans once had trading
posts there.
La Rambla is a wide and shady boulevard that travels through the old town to
the harbor and is where life goes on both night and day. It’s also where
street artists perform, shoeblacks work diligently and portrait painters tout
for trade among the passing tourists.
The Museu Marítim is situated in the royal dockyards of
Drassanes, that were built when the city was at its zenith. Its
buildings are unique examples of Gothic architecture and the vast dimensions of
the dockyard allowed 30 ships to be built simultaneously in the name of the
Catalonian-Aragon crown.
Few parks are as famous as the Park Güell. With this, Antoni Gaudi
created a new design concept in this fabulous garden city. At its entrance,
Gaudi placed a colorful lizard as a symbol of the water that is collected in
subterranean cisterns and is used for the distribution of water in the
park. The city itself is also featured in Gaudi’s magnificent
fantasies. The Palau Güell was treated to an ostentatious roof with a great
array of air shafts and chimneys. But the sight that captures the
imagination of most who see it is the amazing façade of the Casa Mila, a unique
apartment block without equal. Not a single wall is straight, glass and
plaster were used for its façade and colourful ornamental ceramics complete the
work.
Barcelona is a melting pot that ranges from Gothic to Modernism, a veritable
explosion of joie de vivre and creativity.
BARCELONA
Barcelona is one of the most lively harbor cities on the Mediterranean and
after Madrid, Spain’s second largest city and the capital of
Catalonia. Intimate squares, small palaces and tangled alleys provide a
good insight into its histor