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of interest in Barcelona You can virtually visit locations in and around Barcelona with Virtual Pictures For details of excursions, restaurants, nightlife and much email Look Before You Book / e-mail |
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Barcelona
Cathedral Entrance
  The cathedral entrance designed by Gaudi. This entrance celebrates the Nativity. |
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Barcelona
Cathedral Garden
 The Cathedral cloisters provide a quiet corner to contemplate |
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Barcelona
Cathedral Pews
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Barcelona
Beach
 Port Olympic beach is situated to the south east of the city and provides both entertainment and relaxation |
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Cathedral |
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Mila Another Room |
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Casa
Mila la Pedrera
 The facade is an impressive wave-like mass of rough-chipped stone. Gaudi saw the facade as a petrified wave and the hardness and solidity of the materials contrast with the sensation of movement in these waves on a vast sea of stone |
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Casa
Mila Rooftop
 The unique roof is formed of lofts over the frame of a series of parabolic arches of varying height with a marble mansard broken only by small windows. On the stepped terrace, coming as an elegant surprise are the huge stair exits of sculptured spirals crowned by four repeated crosses and faced with trencadís (broken pieces of ceramic). the chimneys recall knights wearing visors |
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Columbus
Column Barcelona
 The monument is divided into three bodies. The first of these bodies is a circular structure, raised by four stairways six meters wide, and eight iron heraldic lions, modeled by Josep Carcassó. On the plinth are eight bronze bas-reliefs depicting Columbus' principal feats. |
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Las
Ramblas Barcelona
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Museum
FC Barcelona
 Club founder Joan Gamper first had the idea of setting up a Barca museum in the 1920s, but for a number of reasons, it was not until 1984 when President Josep Lluis Nuñez was in charge of the club that his vision came to fruition. Once again the club showed themselves to be pioneers in the footballing world and with subsequent enlargements in 1987,1994 and 1998, the museum now covers 3,500 square metres. |
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Olympic
Stadium Barcelona
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Placa
Catalunya Barcelona
 Placa Catalunya is regarded as the very central most point of Barcelona city centre and, for many a traveller, will also be the main transport hub for their journey. |
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Placa
Reial Barcelona
 Place Reial in Barcelona is a popular square just off the Ramblas. It's a social focal point especially at night and is often packed with Barcelonian's and tourists who are soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying some food or drinks |
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Placa
Sant Jaume Barcelona
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Port
Olympic Barcelona
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Nou
Camp Stadium
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Sagrada
Familia Crypt
 Works personally undertaken by Gaudí are the neo-Gothic crypt, the constructed part of the apse, and the magnificent facade of the Nativity (Eastern side) with a purely naturalistic exuberance in its decoration; figures are directly molded from nature, animals, plants, clouds, etc. Of the four towers of this facade, Gaudí only saw that of St. Barnabas completed. |
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Sagrada
Familia Entrance
 The idea of a new church was launched by a devote organization whose goal was to bring an end to the dechristianisation of the Barcelonese, which had started with the industrialization and increasing wealth of the city. A plot of land in the new Eixample district was bought in 1877. The architect Francisco de Paula del Villar designed a neo gothic church and lead the construction |
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Sagrada
Familia Nort
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Sagrada
Familia
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Antoni Gaudí's unfinished church, the Sagrada Familia, is one of Barcelona's many must-see monuments. |
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Familia
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Palace - Salo del Tindall
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