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Located
near France, and being a major international
port, Barcelona is different from the other large
cities of Spain.
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Above
photo - The roof of the Batillo House
built by Gaudi, 1904-06.
| As a port city
for the Romans, Barcelona's early
residents settled in over 2000
years ago, but outside the museums
you will find little evidence of
the city's Roman past. For a
brief time, in the 400's, the
city became a Visigoth capital
under King Ataulf. By the 19th
century, during the rise of Art
Nouveau architecture and modern
town planning, Barcelona
experienced a rapid increase in
population. |
Photo
above: The Temple of the Sagrada
Familia.
The temple is done in the
Modernisme style, a type of Art
Nouveau architecture. |
While in the Gothic
Quarter you can see buildings of the
Middle Ages, it is Barcelona's Art
Nouveau architecture that enhances the
city's uniqueness.
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visit to Barcelona was in October
2003. With only four days
devoted to touring the city, we
barely scratched the surface of
what the city has to offer. One
could easily spend two or three weeks
in Barcelona and still not give
the city its proper due. |
The
Mercat de Sant Josep is an open air food
market. It has a marvelous array of
products carefully displayed to take
advantage of their colors and textures.
Take a walk down Las Ramblas
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