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Barcelona
Spain 08013
Tel: 34 93 207 3031
Concierge.com's insider take:
Never mind that it's a cliché: If you only see one sight in Barcelona, head to the Eixample and see Gaudí's resplendent Sagrada Familia. An architectural "beauty and the beast," it is at once monstrous and breathtakingly beautiful—modernisme in its ideal state. It completely embraces the movement's idea of marrying nature with the handicraft of man: an organic quality, earthy tones, and steeples that seem to drip rather than stand make it look as though it has actually grown out of the ground rather than having been constructed on top of it. Cave-like windows are inhabited by gargoyles and monsters, and religious scenes from the Last Supper to Crucifixion are depicted on the façade. The great man himself is buried beneath the nave—he dedicated 40 years to the building, the last 14 of those living in the crypt—and in some sense he's still watching over the progress of his life's greatest work from the grave. Scheduled date for completion: 2020.
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