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« Thread Started on Apr 16, 2012, 2:05pm » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/buttons/quote.gif "[Quote]") |
I'm in Barcelona for a few days, and I find the rooflines catching my eye and my shutter finger.
Antonio Gaudi's constructions are well known for their striking decoration, here for example at the gatehouse of the Finca Güell
![[image]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5115/7080309561_0970aebe4c_d.jpg "[image]")
or the chimneys on the Casa Mila (La Pedrera):
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But it must have been part of the culture before his time. Almost wherever I've been walking, buildings seem to have their (often top-heavy) decorative topping, whether it be turrets on the Post Office
![[image]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5319/7076802029_462c96fe60_d.jpg "[image]")
finials lining up to draw the eye towards Gaudi's Sagrada Familia:
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a Madonna engaging in what a British tabloid would no doubt call tot-dangling:
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a pair of daffy gateposts::
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Christopher Columbus waving mariners towards the Customs House
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or a colourful crown to mark an otherwise unremarkable street corner:
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« Reply #1 on Apr 16, 2012, 3:02pm » | |
You're a star Patrick - finding time to let us enjoy those rooftops et al! Thank you!
I couldn't help smiling at the dwarf (gnomes?) pedestal embelishment! Now I wonder if that was Happy, Sneezy, Dopey or..........
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« Reply #2 on Apr 16, 2012, 4:42pm » | |
Good eye for architectural detail!
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« Reply #3 on Apr 16, 2012, 8:08pm » | |
Excellent, Patrick. One might imagine that Gaudi was inspired by some of the things that he saw in Barcelona before getting down to his own business. 
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« Reply #4 on Apr 17, 2012, 12:07am » | |
Fun, Patrick. Thank you!
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« Reply #5 on Apr 17, 2012, 1:16am » | |
I saw this thread right after you posted it this morning and it stayed with me all day Patrick. Barcelona is my next trip,I don't know when,but,hopefully in the next year or so.
Fabulous pics, I love every one.
Thank you so much for this.
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« Reply #6 on Apr 17, 2012, 8:18am » | |
Casi, at some point during the year -- maybe in October ?-- there is a short period when Barcelona's Gaudi buildings that are usually closed to the public are open. A friend of mine went a few years ago and I remember it was in the fall.
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« Reply #7 on Apr 17, 2012, 3:29pm » | |
This is so enjoyable and lovely, Patrick -- thanks!
I appreciated your comment about the "often top-heavy decorative topping", as I've often thought the same thing when seeing pictures of Barcelona. However, in good emperor's-new-clothes self doubt, I thought maybe I wasn't supposed to think that. 
However, I never made the connection between the older styles & Gaudi. That's great & enhances my viewing of the pictures.
"tot dangling"
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« Reply #8 on Apr 17, 2012, 3:31pm » | |
Apr 17, 2012, 8:18am, bjd wrote:| Casi, at some point during the year -- maybe in October ?-- there is a short period when Barcelona's Gaudi buildings that are usually closed to the public are open. A friend of mine went a few years ago and I remember it was in the fall. |
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Thank you ever so much BJD!!
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« Reply #9 on Apr 17, 2012, 4:44pm » | |
bjd, I wonder if the Gaudi buildings were open during the European heritage days, 3rd weekend in September (Journees du Patrimoine in France)?
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« Reply #10 on Apr 17, 2012, 6:48pm » | |
I enjoyed these photos immensely. Your collections is interesting and shows the viewer a unique dimension to Barcelona.
Cheers
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« Reply #11 on Apr 17, 2012, 7:12pm » | |
No idea, Breeze. I believe my friend was there during weekdays. I just remember him telling me that he used to go early because the lines got long quite quickly.
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« Reply #12 on Apr 21, 2012, 3:48am » | |
Barcelona looks like a supercool city. I hope I can visit one day soon.
You provide a really interesting perspective. Got any more? 
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« Reply #13 on Apr 21, 2012, 7:49am » | |
Enjoyed seeing these different perspectives of the city.
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