Hypostyle Hall, Lower Court, Park Guell, Barcelona

Hypostyle Hall in the Lower Court on the central terrace, with fluted Doric columns supporting a stone roof covered with trencadis mosaic, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This hall was originally designed to be the market area for the park. 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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