{"id":726,"date":"2011-07-07T06:45:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharps.ws\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2011-07-31T17:05:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T05:05:50","slug":"barcelona-day-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sharps.ws\/blog\/2011\/07\/07\/barcelona-day-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona day three"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barcelona day three<\/a>, a set on Flickr.<\/p>\n

5\/7\/2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Today can best be described as a ‘Antoni Gaudi’ day. We went inside two of his other works, firstly a home he designed called ‘Casa Batllo’ and secondly the ‘La Pedrera’ both on the street called Passeig de Gracia.
\nFrom the outside the fa\u00c3\u00a7ade of Casa Batll\u00c3\u00b3 looks like it has been made from skulls and bones. The “Skulls” are in fact balconies and the “bones” are supporting pillars.
\nGaudi used colours and shapes found in marine life as inspiration for his creativity in this building e.g. the colours chosen for the fa\u00c3\u00a7ade are those found in natural coral.
\nThe building was designed by Gaudi for Josep Batll\u00c3\u00b3, a wealthy aristocrat, as an upmarket home. Se\u00c3\u00b1or Batll\u00c3\u00b3 lived in the lower two floors with his family and the upper floors were rented out as apartments.
\nThis building is a stunning and original work. (see pics) again it is amazing to see how much attention to detail Gaudi spent on his designs. Thinking about such things as varying window size depending on how high the window was from the top of the building. In this way he could ensure uniform lighting conditions in each room of the house. Then there was the font used specifically for the apartment numbers on the door or the door handles all modeled in brass based on his own hands fit.
\nThe other building was the ‘La Pedrera’ built between 1906 and 1910 for Mil\u00c3\u00a0 family.
\nThis is one of the main Gaud\u00c3\u00ad residential buildings and a most imaginative house, this building is more an sculpture than a building.
\nThe fa\u00c3\u00a7ade is an impressive, varied and harmonious mass of undulating stone without straight lines where also the forged iron is present in the shapes of balconies imitating vegetal forms.
\nThe lofts are supported by the traditional Catalan “totxo” (brick) arching walls following the style developed by Gaud\u00c3\u00ad.
\nThe roof chimneys designing in vanguard shapes remember warriors in a forest of surprising figures.
\nThe building was recognized by Unesco as “World Heritage” in 1984.
\nBoth of these buildings would be a builders nightmare as there does not appear to be a straight line any where, but are amazing to see.
\nThen we looked for some where for lunch and found an authentic Braseria called Campechano that was obviously poplar with locals. After the waiter translated the menu in pigeon English we ended up with a nice 3 course lunch plus drinks for \u00e2\u201a\u00ac20.
\nFrom here we bused around some more of the tourist spots without getting off until close to the ‘Museum Erotica’ the name says it all. It was a museum of sexual habits and excitements down through the ages and in different cultures.
\nThen we visited a food market and got some free freshly squeezed fruit juice and some fruit packs for later. By this time it was 9:00pm so we headed back to the Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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