Sagrada Familia – Gaudi’s Temple of the Holy Family

Sagrada Familia

The Temple Expiatori Sagrada Familia is One of Barcelona’s Great Wonders: Think of Barcelona and Antonio Gaudi easily comes to mind.  Whilst Gaudi did not create Barcelona, he most certainly is Barcelona’s patron architect.  Much of the city bears his stamp and nowhere is this more evident than in his unfinished masterpiece, Temple Expiatori Sagrada [...]

Parc Güell – Another of Gaudi’s Gift to Barcelona

Parc Güell - Barcelona

Gaudi’s Parc Güell is a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Parc Güell is yet another of architect Antonio Gaudi’s great gifts to the city of Barcelona. This 20-hectare park was built between 1900-1914 and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Gaudi’s Parc Güell was named after the industrialist Eusebi Güell, a long-time patron of [...]

Gaudi Architecture of Barcelona

Sagrada Familia - Gaudi Cathedral

Antonio Gaudi – A Nut or a Genius: When Elies Rogent signed the diploma in 1878 certifying Gaudi as an architect, he made the following statement “Qui sap si hem donat el diploma a un boig o a un geni: el temps ens ho dirà.” (Who knows if we have given this diploma to a [...]