Barcelona! A Picture Day
Since neither Mark nor I had been to Barcelona before, while we were so close, we decided to take a tour of some of the highlights of this remarkable city. The construction of Barcelona's Cathedral, with its combination of Romanesque, Gothic and Neo-Gothic styles, began in 1298 and was completed around 1890, following the original plans. Keli, one of the gargoyles on the cathedral is a unicorn! During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, a bomb detonated in the very small plaza adjacent to this church, which was being used as a school at the time. The walls have not been repaired as a reminder of those terrible times. A view of the city from Montjuic, with its two famous historic landmarks, La Sagrada Familia on the left, and the Cathedral on the right. It was hot and humid, an ideal day for a walk on the beach The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia is the most famous landmark in Barcelona, and a very unusual church building, rather like a cathedral dressed like E
