Photos of Barcelona: L'Eixample, Gràcia and nearby areas

Manzana de la Discordia (Block of Discord) on Passeig de Gràcia. Disparate buldings including Gaudi's Casa Batlió (cross).	Block of Discord on Passeig de Gràcia: Casa Batlió (cross), Casa Amatler (triangular facade) & Casa Lleó Morera (tower).	The tower of Casa Lleó Morera on the Block of Discord on Passeig de Gràcia
Antoni Gaudí's Casa Batlió (right) - (1906) - on the Block of Discord. Balconies seem shell -like or perhaps mask-like.	Passeig de Gràcia as seen from the front of Casa Batlió. Parked scooters and motorcylces - common site in Barcelona.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió - a main room overlooking Passeig de Gràcia. Many of Gaudí's shapes and colors were inspired by nature.
Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Judy in a main room.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: A fireplace with built-in benches nearby - in a small room on the main floor.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Dining room - door with abstract curved & spiral shapes - continuity & connection - thematic for Gaudí.
Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Entrance to the rear courtyard from the dining room.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Decoration in the rear courtyard - themes and colors of nature (flowers, shells, blue, green).	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Judy listening to the recorded tour near the back wall of the rear courtyard.
Gaudí's Casa Batlió: The rear facade from the rear courtyard. Net-type design of railings.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Attic hallway (parabolic vault) - feeling of perhaps being inside a living creature - cavity or rib cage.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: A room in the attic (parabolic vault).
Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Chimneys and cross on the roof. The chimneys are covered with colored pieces of glass.	Gaudí's Casa Batlió: Judy next to the chimneys on the roof. Barcelona is in the background.	Judy and Richard - lunch at Tapa Tapa on Passeig de Gràcia. Good people-watchng spot.
Gaudí's Casa Milà (called La Pedrera - The Quarry for stone facade) on Passeig de Gràcia. Modernista challenge to conformity.	Ronda del General Mitre (near Gaudís Parc Güell): Apartments with patios common in Barcelona.	Judy on a side street off of Ronda del General Mitre (near Gaudí's Parc Güell)
Entrance to Gaudí's Parc Güell from within the park. Park named for & commissioned by Gaudí's main patron Count Eusebio Güell.	Judy with a clown at the entrance to Gaudí's Parc Güell. The park was completed between 1910 and 1914.	Steps at Gaudí's Parc Güell with the the Sala Hipóstila (with the columns) at the top of the steps.
Judy next to the salamander (symbol of the park) in Parc Güell. Salamander covered with trencadís - mosaic of broken glass.	Sala Hipóstila (Hypostyle Forum) in Parc Güell. The Forum originally was designed as a marketplace.	Mosaic suns on the ceiling of the Sala Hipóstila (Hypostyle Forum) in Parc Güell.
Gaudí's Parc Güell as seen from the steps within the park.	La Plaça del Teatre Grec: It is supported by the Sala Hipóstila (Hypostyle Forum) - in Parc Güell.	Wave-like benches in La Plaça del Teatre Grec - covered with shards of ceramics. Thought to resemble dragon protecting the park.
Judy on a bench in La Plaça del Teatre Grec in Parc Güell. Gaudí's design of park inspired by the story of Hansel and Gretel.	Judy "holding up" columns of stone that seem to be simulated palm trees - they form a cave-like passageway - in Parc Güell.	Judy near Antoni Gaudí's Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Expiatory or Atonement Temple of the Holy Family)
Nativity Facade of Gaudí's Temple of La Sagrada Família. Construction of temple began in 1882. May be finished in 30-50 years.	Nativity Facade of La Sagrada Família: Top - Annunciation of Mary. Bottom - Nativity. Sides - musicians & Three Wise Men.	Faith doorway of the Nativity Facade: Jesus and others. See caption below full size photo for a full description.
Passion Facade: Jesus-cross, Mary Magdalene kneeling, John consoling Mary. Lower left: Gaudí as evangelist to tell the story.	Passion Facade: Simon helps with cross - Jesus on the ground. See caption below full size photo for a full description.	Passion Facade of La Sagrada Família: Pontius Pilate, Roman soldiers and the Roman eagle on the column.
Interior of La Sagrada Família (unfinished): Columns used to avoid using buttresses and designed to represent trees (a forest).	Interior of La Sagrada Família (unfinished): Lots of windows (larger at the bottom than at the top) to illuminate the interior.