"Cosmos", statue near side entrance
Ceiling mosaics under central terrace
Another mosaic under terrace
Sean amongst the columns of the central terrace. Beneath were several street vendors selling jewelry and scarves, as well as a stunning Spanish guitarist
Fountain and lizard along the front steps leading up to the terrace. Folks kept getting pictures with their hands in the lizard's mouth... I have no idea why. So it was hard to get an image without hands in it.
View along one of the walls that line the main staircase up the terrace looking out onto one of the 2 "gingerbread" houses at the main gate.
Looking up from the main entrance to the terrace
An elevated view of the edge of the terrace. Columns support the structure from below. Above, there is a winding bench the lines the entire structure decorated with broken tiles. There was a small cafe located near the back, and several street vendors and performers scattered about including an Indian flute player with 5 dogs sleeping all over his lap. It was pretty amazing.
Kids crawl into one of several nooks located along the sloping walls under one of several bridges located in the garden/park.
The design of the bridges has Gaudi written all over them with his spirals, and tapered columns.
The ceiling of one of the passages
The outside of the Gaudi museum located inside the park.
Think of Gaudi as the Spanish Frank Lloyd Wright. He was inclined to design several of the elements in a home including the tiles on the floor, mosaics on the ceiling, and the furniture. Although my impression of him is that he was much less of a control freak compared to FLW... and very, very Catholic.
Beautiful mirror located on the 2nd floor of the museum. You were able to take photos as long as you didn't use flash. Sorry if the images are a bit dark.
Beautiful table located in one of the bedrooms upstairs.
The coolest doorknob... Ever.
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