SEGRADA FAMILIA It will be good when its finished.
NATIVITY SCENE AT THE EAST ENTRANCE
ARC DE TRIOMF
GIANT PRAWN SCULPTURE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COLUMN
GO WEST YOUNG MAN
CABLE CAR ACROSS THE HARBOUR
CUNARD LINES QUEEN VICTORIA
PANORAMIC VIEW OF BARCELONA
WORLD TRADE CENTRE
BARCELONA PORT HQ.
THE CATHEDRAL
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Our ticket to the Gaudi masterpiece the Segrada Familia was for 10am which was good because unbeknown to us Friday was a holiday" Feast of the Immaculate Conception" evidently so it was fairly quiet when we got there but manic by the time we left.
CENTREPICE OF SEGRADA FAMILIA
AMAZING ROOF STRUCTURE
SUPPORTING COLUMNS REFLECTING THE STRENGTH OF NATURE.
VERY COLOURFUL STAINED GLASS
FOUNTAINS AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
SQUATTING FIGURES including NELSON MANDELA who passed away that day.
FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN CARICATURE.
PABLO PICASSO. We visited the Picasso museum no photography allowed unfortunately.
CATHEDRAL SPIRE from the cloisters
CASA BATLLO Another Gaudi building
THE PEDERA BY YOU KNOW WHO
A RATHER GAUDY WATER TOWER
SUNDAY MORNING STROLL
MONK PARAKEETS are all over the city parks
A SPANISH GHERKIN--TORRE AGBAR
SPANISH ONIONS
PARC DE LA CLUTADELLA
FACES IN AN EXHIBITION
CAGANER Squatting figures traditional to Catalonian nativity scenes fertilizing the earth to guarantee good fortune for the coming year.
KINGFISHERS spotted in a jewellers in the RAMBLAS a bit pricy for me at 750 euros
CATHEDRAL INTERIOR
ANOTHER CAGANER.
HOTEL COLON and Christmas market.
A brilliant vibrant city lots to do and see,and still lots more to see next time including the Camp Nou
Wonderful photos Phil, somewhere I must visit one day.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the new camera did you proud well done mate
I love Barcelona! It is my favourite city in Europe :) I have visited it 10 times, and I have tried a different hotel each of them. Fantastic!
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