[thingywhatsit, 21.09.2006] Before Gaudi had a chance to finish the Sagrada Familia, he died in a tram accident. Gaudi was born in the 1840's and as a child was confined to bed by an illness, though it did not take long for his genius to be recognised and one can only imagine that the years that he was bedridden served to help his imagination soar. Later in school, he excelle [more]
Frommers state that, even "if you have time to see only one Catalan landmark", the Sagrada Familia should be at the top of the list as it is "exceptional" and one of the "city's more idiosyncratic creations". This "languid, amorphous structure", dating from 1882, is described as being a "bizarre wonder" which is "literally dripping in symbolism" an
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