Barcelona: Gaudi

If you are an architecture fan, you might know of Antoni Gaudi's work. His influence infuses Barcelona, and we spent an entire 1/2 day stopping at different aspects of is work. These pictures are more art/scenery, less people. But I included them all so you can get a feel for the variety of his work.

Our first stop was an apartment building he built/designed in the L'Eixample district.





Gaudi put so much thought into every detail of his work. Most of his inspiration came from nature.





He loved natural lighting.







A lamp post on the street.



The apartment from the outside.



The open air rooftop allowed for one to see the entire city.



The pictures below are from the Temple de la Sagrada Familia. Gaudi was working on this church when he was run over by a tram in Barcelona. Because of his disheveled appearance when he was run over, passers by thought he was a passed out bum and he bled to death internally. Currently, the building is being carried out by those that claim they understood Gaudi's vision, but there are differences, and less detail.











Parq Guell - At one point, Gaudi was commissioned to develop a planned community of houses, for the wealthy of Barcelona. It's development was abandoned however, when the city refused to continue to pay him because the development looked so odd. The area has since been turned into a park heavily influenced by Gaudi and his work.