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 Park Guell

Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
Park Guell The Park Güell is an absolute must-see when visiting Barcelona!The park was commissioned by Graf Eusebi Güell in 1900. Eusebi was very much adherent to the idea English garden cities. However, the project failed before its completion due to financial reasons. In the run-up to the project 60 villas were supposed to be sold in order to finance the garden city. Unfortunately Gaudí’s and Güell’s ide ...

 Magic Fountain of Montjuic

Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
Magic Fountain of Montjuic Walking from the "Placa d'Espanya" with the Venetian towers up the "Avinguda de la Reina Maria Christina", to the "Placa de Carles Buigas" is magnificent. Especially on evenings when the big fountain will launch huge amounts of water, in perfect rhytm with the loud but nice music. When darkness falls it becomes nicer and nicer. Enjoy the photo's via the presented link at the "Tourist Guide Barcelo ...

 Cathedral of Santa Eulalia

Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
Cathedral of Santa Eulalia The Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia (also called La Seu) is the Gothic cathedral seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Though sometimes inaccurately so called, the famous Sagrada Família is not a cathedral). La Seu was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries on top of a former Visigothic church. The Gothic-like façade is from the 19th century. The cathedral i ...

 La Sagrada Familia

Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
La Sagrada Familia The "Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia" (Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family) was the idea of a bookseller, Josep María Bocabella, literate and devoted man who in 1866 founded the Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph), whose objective was to achieve, through the protection of St. Joseph, the triumph of the Catholic Church in a time in ...

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