Hi to everyone! This is my second post on Steemit, I hope you'll appreciate it!
As a last year high school student, in May I went together with my class abroad for our schooltrip. The destination was Barcelona, the most important centre of Catalunya and Spain in genereal.
Barcelona is a really modern city, but it has so many artistic and historical sights you can't even imagine! There you can find modern skyscrapers beside old-fashioned baroque and gothic constructions; the crystal clear Mediterranean Sea is embraced by the green of Montjuic and the climate is on of the mildest you can find on Earth, it's really unbelievable. Here are some of the places I loved most, with relative photos.
The "Sagrada Familia" is an astonishing church designed mostly by the Catalan architect Antoni Guadì. It's been building for more than a century and it's yet to be finished; when finished, it will have three facades and 18 spires, with the highest reaching an astonishing height of 170 metres (560 ft), 1 metre less than Montjuic to "don't sorpass God's creation".
It has a unique design, a fusion of many different styles than can't be described by words: you must see it by yourself.
Here's a lateral view:
Here a closer frontal one:
Here's a link to Google Images to a have a better view of this masterpiece:
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The Catalan architect is famous worldwide also for his bizzare and charachteristic house, built in Catalan Modernist style.
Here's a photo I took (from the bus) of Casa Battilò:
And here's the Google Images link:
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Last but not least, I want to share with you a panoramic photo I took on Montjuic of the breath-taking view of the city from above:
This is nothing but a waaaaay short summary of the wonders I've seen in the catalan city, but I hope I've stimulated your curiosity. Barcelona is definitely worth a trip to: there are so many things to see, the food is great, the wine too and people are amazing!
Signed, a Neapolitan guy who's got his heart stolen by Catalunya.
