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"
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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 Columbus Monument a 60 m tall monument for Christopher Columbus at the end of La Rambla, close to Port Vell. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona and is located at the port where Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas.
An Christopher Columbus's arm is extended and the index finger points to the sea, not to America, which is in the opposite direction. This position has always created controversy, and there are three currents of opinion to explain it.
Santa Maria del Pi is on the Placa Sant Josep Oriol, a pretty square that is filled with an artists' market on the weekend and the outdoor tables of the Bar del Pi the rest of the time.
The church has a Romanesque door but is otherwise Catalan Gothic in style. It has a single wide nave with chapels beneath the buttresses and a giant rose window at the entrance. The interior is plain but features some beautiful stained glass windows.
Hospital de Santa Creu i de Sant Pau is a beautiful building to help the recovery.It is in the northern part of Barcelona in the district of the Eixample .
With the construction of the hospital form 1902 to 1912, the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner achieved a masterpiece – a specially human and in no ways sterile building that nonetheless met the highest medical standards
The main building is dedicated to the hospital administration and the 27 pavilions are dedicated to the serve as clinics.
The Basilica de la Merce (Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced) is a late Gothic style church. It still retains an image of the city's patron saint, the Mercè Virgin.
Originally in the thirteenth century the building was Gothic however, it was renovated in the eighteenth century in a late Baroque style by Josep Mas. Its interior is a single nave and houses the image of the patron saint of the city, the Virgin of 'La Mercè', a Gothic carving.
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