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Barcelona – Spain

Spain World Places July 2009 88 photos

Barcelona, with a long stop among the street performers of Las Ramblas: living statues in gold and silver, a cow and a vampire, capoeira dancers, break dancers stretching on the pavement and a man in a black box startling passers-by.

Before that, the city itself. Gaudí at every turn, from the wavy stone of Casa Milà and the scaly roof of Casa Batlló to the cranes over the Sagrada Família and the leaning stone colonnades of Park Güell. Then the Gothic quarter with its bridge across a narrow street and the openwork spire of the cathedral, the Columbus column by the harbour with the red cable car passing above, the marina with its forest of masts, and the seafront at night with the giant crustacean lit above the promenade.

Palm- and plane-tree-lined avenue with a couple walkingThree brick chimneys rising above green treetopsCurving steel arches with a red cable car behindPalms before a domed classical building flying a Spanish flagStatues crowning an arched cream facade inscribed BarcelonaOrnate twin towers with slate spires and carved stone detailsEarly submarine with a wooden hull displayed on a lawnTwo grey kiosks with spiked roofs and gilded face medallionsMuseu de Cera archway sign above a fountain in a laneTall cream office tower with a grid of narrow windowsCurved stone facade of a department store against blue skyRibbed curved upper floors of a round buildingHand arranging small pieces on a blue cloth on the pavementMan with a cigarette in a brown coat walking past glass doorsMan asleep on a wooden bench with his shoes on the groundBrick facade topped by an eagle and carved busts behind wiresPatterned stepped-gable facade with carved window framesRichly carved stone facade with arched windows and red bannersOrnate corner building with orange-tiled domes and towersBronze woman on a horse holding a ship above her headFountain pool with pigeons and sculpted figures in a shaded plazaGothic bridge across a narrow street in the old townWhite statue on a floating base in the harbour, cable car aboveTwo bronze seated figures on a wall in front of palm treesGothic cathedral spire above stone buildings and a busy squareCarved gargoyles and tracery on a Gothic facadeOpenwork Gothic spire with pinnacles against blue skyBronze letter B sculpture with a pigeon and a crowd behindRed commuter train at a platform under an iron roofSketched frieze of dancing figures on a concrete facadeRounded glass tower beside a grey block against blue skyBlue and white tiled brick facade with domes on a bullringSagrada Família spires with cranes against blue skyBrick building with conical slate towers and a coat of armsStone towers with pierced windows seen through leavesSundial on a brick gable seen through leavesTall stone office building on a street corner in sunshineStudded wooden doors with brass medallionsWrought-iron gate in a carved stone doorwayWavy stone facade of Casa Milà with wrought-iron balconiesBone-shaped stone columns and curved glass on a Gaudí facadeScaly tiled roof and mosaic facade of Casa BatllóStreet vendor with handbags laid out on a blue clothWavy white metal ribbons covering a tall modern facadeGiant owl of light bulbs on a rooftop above a stone buildingFountains and red flower beds in a sunny plazaWhite statue of a seated woman in a pool before a monumentSculpture of a tilted open book in front of a classical buildingCrowded tree-lined pedestrian boulevard with a long paved walkwayCrowd at the entrance of La Boqueria marketDragon and umbrella on a corner building facadeColumbus column behind palm trees and ship mastsStone clock tower with a red cable car aboveBronze statue pointing out to sea atop a columnSeafront promenade with tall towers and a copper fish sculpture beyondTwo large black anchors on a paved squareCurving white footbridge with people crossing the harbourDense forest of yacht masts in a marinaSmall sailing dinghy in front of a white ship and port cranesLuxury yachts moored before a glass office building and apartmentsView down a steep street from a hillside escalatorRooftops of the city with a green avenue and the sea beyondSagrada Família with cranes seen over the rooftopsTwo mosaic-roofed pavilions at the entrance to Park GüellWhite villa among pines on a hillsideRooftop with graffiti lettering seen over pine treesStone columns topped with agave plants beside a curved wallPink tower framed by rough stone arches and palmsColonnade of leaning rough stone columns in a parkMetro train standing at an empty platformColumbus monument lit against the night skyTree-lined Rambla at night with blurred walkers and wavy pavingEmpty plaza at night with lit buildings and street lampsMosaic head sculpture at night with two cyclistsGiant crustacean sculpture above a seafront promenade at nightStone-walled square at night with warm lit buildingsStreet footballer juggling a red ball in front of a crowdLiving statues painted silver and green on bicyclesTwo living statues in gold and green with large wingsTwo capoeira dancers sparring on the streetWoman startled by a performer hiding in a black boxPerformer in red vampire costume with black wings beside a coffinBreak dancers stretching on the pavement outside a kioskLiving statue dressed as a cow in a spotted suitLiving statue in a sombrero and poncho on a boxMan in a red shirt on a stool beside a decorated cartWinged green gargoyle-style living statue beside a vanPainted performer with long dreadlocks reaching out a hand
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