Tour of Spain and Portugal, May 5 - May 20, 2015:
I. Barcelona, Catalonia
Enchanting City, Barcelona!
Arc de Triomf;built as the grand entrance for the 1888 Universal Exhibition
Gothic Quarter
Roman Column;2nd C. AD
Spanish love Dancing. Free weekly Community Dancing Hour in the Old Town Plaza
National Art Museum of Catalunya
View from the National Museum of Catalunya(Catalonia), Barcelona
Antoni Gaudi's Architecture in Barcelona
Gaudi's Casa Batllo's stunning multi-colored Facade
Antoni Gaudi designed houses for wealthy Barcelona aristocrats. Gaudi's work has a magical characteristics of activating your imagination. Gaudi tried to break out of the geometric shapes in traditional architecture and tried to use organic nature form.
"Neither are trees prismatic, nor leaves triangular" said he.
Gaudi's Casa Mila, La Padrera
Interior of the Casa Batllo
Undulating Ceiling
Second Floor Living room, looking toward the street
Decorative Ceramic Wall
Sagrada Familia Cathedral
The gigantic Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Barcelona, the master piece of genius architect Gaudi started 130 years ago and and still being under construction, scheduled to be completed in 2026. No church service was held there yet.
Stone Sculpture of Bible Stories
Gaudi's Guell Park
Gaudi's Guell Park;Public park composed of gardens, Architectual Elements located on Camel Hill, Barcelona;One of the major work of Gaudi. Origins as an exclusive gated garden community, but failed to attract enough residents and converted this real estate to enchanting municipal park, with only two houses completed. One of them was Gaudi's resident, now museum, housing his own furnitures and art works.
Stone Columns look like Tree Trunk Planters
Montjuic Castle, an old Military Fortress,1640, Barcelona, Catalonia
Dali's Museum Theatre;Salvador Dali(1905-1989)
Dali's Museum Theatre;His car as an installation art
Joan Miro(1893-1983)
Street Performance
City Taxi for Tourists
Picasso's sketch on the Facade of Barcelona Art School;His work at the age of 60
Photo by Seong Koo Cho, Web page by Sungja Cho June 10, 2015
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