Park Guell, Barcelona

Where Gumbo Was #51

Park Guell Market place

Congratulations to PortMoresby for recognizing that this market place is in Park Guell in Barcelona. The park was designed by the famous Catalan architect  Antoni Gaudi. He is best known for designing in the Modernisme style. One identifying feature of modernisme is using “organic” shapes and angles that are not square.

 

Park Guell is decorated with many mosiacs and and round edged shapes:

 

 

Park Guell ble salamander 3

Park Guell blue salmander 1

Park Guell entrance

Park Guell fountain

Park Guell marketplace roof

Park Guell roof

Park Guell salamander

He also designed several buildings in Barcelona. One is Casa Battlo. In this building he used curved lines almost everywhere:

 

 

 

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Casa Batllo attic arches

Casa Batllo stairway

 

Another building he designed is La Pedrera, which translates as “The Stone”

 

 

La Pedrera 2

La Pedrera

 

A new Where in the World comes tomorrow – See where Gumbo travels to next.

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