Stone columns, Park Guell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Leaning columns of local stone resembling tree trunks, supporting the terrace, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. To the right is a statue of a woman carrying a basket on her head, made from the same stone. 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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13436460

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45129785

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7087px x 4724px (14.1MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen