Catalonia’s Masterpiece

I adore Barcelona, and after visiting The Sagrada Família that is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, which was designed by Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi (1852–1926) with his vivid imagination. His amazing works led me to believe that I had to visit Park Güell to see his offerings in a landscape.  I definitely was not disappointed I found it fascinating to see and admire the Spirit of Catalonia and inspirations. Eusube Guell commissioned Antonio Gaudi to design a residential area up in the hills overlooking Barcelona in 1914. Only two houses were built and in 1923 it was opened as a Park. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A very popular site to visit.

Park Güel has a unique style, it’s a mixture of Gothic Art, Art Nouveau – Modernismo in Catalonia. It is in a league of its own while taking a pleasurable walk along the 3km pathways taking in the views, landscapes, and architecture while enjoying the Mediterranean climate and plant compositions. I would recommend going to see Park Güell.

The remarkable architecture is fantastic,  I tend to be interested in textures and soft scape and how it fusses altogether. Grand columns with winding staircases accompanied with  Agapanthus africanus (African lily) also along walkways a stream of agapanthus coats the earth, even not in bloom but still interesting and glorious. Also delicate Plumbago auriculata  colourful flowers in bloom hanging over and decorating the stone walls. Figurines on the terraces which accompany Olea europea , Needless to say, I felt absolutely happy to be in such a lovely place. When entering the park at the center, a main terrace which surrounded with a long mosaic bench invites for a quick stop to enjoy the views over the park. The bench represents a sea serpent its coils snaking around a number of small areas designed for groups to use to socialize. Gaudí also took care to ensure that people who visit the park would feel relaxed, with a peaceful, calming atmosphere and enjoy the landscape and views.

There is so much to see and inspect along with mosaics, iron fences shaped as palm leaf, amongst the stone works and the contrast of tiles and ceramics along the walls and pathways. My time was short at Park Güell I would love to visit again in the early springtime with all its colour in the landscape.