• Barcelona
    Barcelona is far away
    That's the very famous Gaudi designed Sagrada FamíliaThe far off mediterraneanI can see the same design in the Gaudi house from last night.Gaudi design the bench.The one on the right isn't a Gaudi designMore nature and this is a waveThe lizard/gecko design is on many touristy thingsThis was the guard house to what should have been the neighborhood

    Gaudi Guell Park

    May 22 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F

    The story behind this park. Gaudi’s benefactor Mr. Guell, wanted to create a neighborhood where his well off friends could all live. Guell worked with Gaudi to layout a neighborhood on a hillside. Each corner of the hillside would be a Gaudi design and designed to exist within nature. Every tour of the path and pathway worked to highlight the existing plants.

    Of all of the lots set out, only two were ever sold and built. One belonging to Guell and the other to a rich friend. A third house was built as the design standard and it was the home of Gaudi, his father and a niece.    Read more