Sagrada Familia [Barcelona unpublished]

When I saw my friend's Facebook photo post about her holiday in Barcelona, I saw that she visited Sagrada Familia.... so I start browsing through my blog archive for nostalgia and couldn't find a damn image of it. How can that be? I failed to post about one of my favorite building? So here I am posting an unpublished series, and reminiscing on how I can travel Europe with one small trolley suitcase consist of probably 5 sets of clothing for the whole 3 weeks? Leaving behind my everything in Amsterdam.... I cannnn!!! I made it! although the photos of one country to another will seems like I had breakfast in Paris and dinner in Rome.... haha... here goes the post and a throwback Thursday post!

Sagrada Familia is officially the church /place that I love of allllll time! Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Sagrada Família) is a large Roman Chatolic church. It is designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Though construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, Gaudí became involved in 1883, taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style—combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted his last years to the project and at the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was completed. Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly as it relied on private donations [we did pay for the entrance fee of which all the amount plus the amount for other fee such as rental of telephony guide is for the continuation of this church]. I can still remember and hear the telephony guide saying “Welcome to Sagrada Familia....” plus the part that saying where I am and what I see at the moment and how the fees has been a contribution for the continuation of the building progress... The progress was also interrupted by the Spanish Civil War—only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. It is anticipated completion date of 2026—the centennial of Gaudí's death. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have remarked, "My client is not in a hurry." When Gaudí died in 1926, the basilica was between 15 and 25 per cent complete.

La Rambla , Port Vell

La Rambla, the street of central Barcelona, popular with tourists such as me and locals alike. La Rambla is a tree-lined pedestrian mall that stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting Plaça de Catalunya in the centre with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the quarters of Barri Gòtic, to the east, and El Raval, to the west. 

Gaudi, estoy enamorado de ti....

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus/Riudoms and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect an individualized and distinctive style.

Park Güell Barcelona

The Park Güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architectonic elements located on Carmel Hill. Carmel Hill belongs to the mountain range of Collserola — the Parc del Carmel is located on the northern face. Park Güell is located in La Salut, a neighborhood in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. With urbanization in mind, Eusebi Güell assigned the design of the park to Antoni Gaudí. The park was built between 1900 and 1914 and was officially opened as a public park in 1926.

Casa Milà (La Pedrera) Barcelona

Today we are visiting Casa Milà or popularly known as La Pedrera (meaning the 'The Quarry'), is a modernist building & was the last civil work designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, built between the years 1906 and 1912. It was commissioned in 1906 by businessman Pere Milà i Camps and his wife Roser Segimon i Artells. At the time, it was controversial because of the undulating stone facade and twisting wrought iron balconies and windows designed by Josep Maria Jujol. Architecturally it is considered structurally innovative, with a self-supporting stone front and columns, and floors free of load bearing walls.