Of course you cannot visit Barcelona without checking out the extraordinary Sagrada Familia - the cathedral designed by Gaudi and still under major construction since its beginnings in 1882. Initially I planned to go inside despite the high entry fee (museums across Barcelona are quite expensive) as the entry fee provides most of the money for its ongoing building work.
Unforunately I chose the first sunny day after a period of rain which also happened to be a national holiday and the Serpentine queue around the cathedral from the ticket office went almost as far as Seville. So I settled for external appreciation only:
Gaudi's influence is quite apparent in the city - even down to his design for paving tiles:
rarr....
Also worth a visit is Park Guell in the north of the city. It houses a Gaudi museum and his work is dotted around the park:
gaudi goanna
gaudi benches
Amongst the 7 major galleries/museums I went to was the Antoni Tapies foundation. He was until his death earlier this year, the most prominent living Catalan artist:
tapies painting
tapies work on paper
I also went to one of the contemporary galleries which had part of it closed for an installation dismantling, and the open section didn't really thrill me so instead I took some photos of inside the gallery (and some looking out):
red coat
people walking on the floor above
people walking on the floor above 2
people walking on the floor above 3
gallery window
gallery packing area
outside skateboarders
outside skateboarders 2
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