Gaudì Quotes
Gaudí quote 7
When objections were raised as to the extended completion date of the Sagrada Familia, Gaudí said:
"Don´t worry, my client isn´t in a hurry"
Sagrada FamiliaOther attractions in Barcleona
Barcelona built a number of structures at the Montjuïc Hill for the Olympics of 1992. One of the most eye-catching is the white slender communications tower that was erected between 1989 and 1991 at the Anella Olímpica (Olympic Ring) - the complex where most of the facilities were built - to transmit television coverage of the Olympic Games. The elegant tower soon became a symbol of the Olympics and the city of Barcelona.
The Montjuïc Tower is 136m high and very stylised like many Calatrava buildings. It could be read as a piece of sculpture carved from pure white marble, or as half a dough-ring speared by a bloated toothpick. This is a show-off building designed to be seen from all over Barcelona to symbolise the power of the Olympic Games coming to Catalonia. Admirers of architect Santiago Calatrava will no doubt enjoy its bonelike scultping and poetic expression but since I first saw it in 1991 my view remains cool.
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Montjuïc 08004 Barcelona, Spain
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