Bench, Terrace, Park Guell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Winding bench in the shape of a sea serpent and decorated with trencadis mosaic, around the central terrace, with a mosaic spire with cross and a view over Barcelona behind, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the left is an entrance pavilion, the Casa del Guarda, built 1900-03, used as a porter's residence, with stone walls and trencadis mosaic roof in organic undulating form. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13436465

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45129933

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7087px x 4606px (5.5MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen