In 1998 during the Casa Mila’s last exterior restoration, it was happily decided to add some gegants to the La Pedera família. Can’t wait to get back to Barcelona to dig up more information.
14/09/2012
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Casa Mila gegants
10/01/2012
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A plea from WordPress
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30/11/2011
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Gaudí at the Vatican
I’m still working on a fix for the app but in the meantime, entertain yourselves with a little video from Rome.
03/11/2011
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With apologies
If any buyer/ owner of the app should see this post, my humble apologies. The iOS 5 update has broken some of the functionality of the app. I did not know this because of my own oversight being too engaged with another project for the past month. Currently working on the necessary fix/ fixes. Thank you for your patience.
20/10/2011
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la Colonia
Herewith a sample of images I took at la Colonia Güell in March. Things came up so I didn’t get to this year’s festa last weekend.
The first is the Casa Parroquial designed by Francesc Berenguer in 1917. It stands above Gaudí’s church and is the first Modernista building you see when you enter the village. The next is of a typical streetscape. Yes, the whole village is modernista.
The next 3 photos are of the Ca l’Ordal by Francesc Berenguer and Joan Rubió done in 1894. It ia a modernist interpretation of a three family farmhouse or masía which was the residence of three farming families, the Ordal, Cruañes and Gaudí, who cultivated the lands of the estate. These lands are still farmed and the nearest isn’t 100 meters from this building.
A few blocks up C/ de Aranyó is the Biblioteca Joaquin Folguera and C/ Ponent which leads from it to Plaça de Joan Güell. On this corner is an interesting semi-circular protrusion holding a fan staircase. It is constructed of flat tiles in much the same way Catalan domes are built. Worth a look.
More tomorrow.
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