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18-AUG-2012

Astorga. Palacio Episcopal (Antoni Gaudí)

The building has four floors with an internal disposition in Greek cross form: the cellar (in mudéjar style), ground floor, main floor - where it is the impressive chapel (with a triple apse with windows, flying buttresses, gargoyles outside and the interior adorned with stained-glass windows, paintings and religious objects that reinforce the magnificence of the ensemble), the room of the throne, the office of the bishop, the dining room, all it organized around the central piece or lobby - and the last floor or attic. Outside, the porch with its three splayed arcs - that created serious problems during their construction, it were to be reconstructed three times - constitute one of the most spectacular architectonic elements of Gaudí.
In words of Cèsar Martinell, they are together with the inclined columns "the best advance of the stone architecture from the pointed time to the present time". In the interior, the granite, the mosaic, the pillars and the columns are mixed in a spectacular way allowing, as Carlos Flowers said, an organization practices with a continuous and flowed space "like in which the diverse parts are followed one another and chaining without ruptures nor definitive divisions" besides to adapt with rigor to the symbolic spirit of the palace.
The illumination is another one of the remarkable aspects, specially in the main plant that is equipped with a majestic luminosity that simultaneously creates a gathered atmosphere. Lamentably, the last floor (attic) was not constructed according to the drawings of Gaudí, but with those of García Guereta in which these spaces lose brightness and originality aside with light. These changes did not affect solely the interior, but also the exterior that was finished with much more conventional tile roofs, which did not allow to place the great figures of angels whom Gaudí had anticipated and who at the moment are exposed in the garden of the palace.

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Paul Runnestø02-Oct-2013 18:12
Nice composition
g fitzgerald02-Sep-2012 13:22
Absolutely stunning.
Guest 31-Aug-2012 13:07
Magnificent! Congrats!
Yiannis Pavlis30-Aug-2012 03:55
Quite an interesting composition. Well seen.V
Milan Vogrin29-Aug-2012 16:44
Look great!
Bill Klein29-Aug-2012 14:21
Excellent composition, Jose! V!
Dwight Rankine29-Aug-2012 14:04
The details, tones and lighting are so well captured it is astounding. Good shot.
Tom LeRoy29-Aug-2012 06:39
A well seen capture. A beautiful place. V
Frank Tran29-Aug-2012 04:54
Wow!!! Very beautiful capture. V+
woody3429-Aug-2012 01:40
So beautiful..fantastic capture Jose...V
Guest 29-Aug-2012 01:38
Ditto. Best. J
FrankB29-Aug-2012 00:13
beautiful light and compo....V
Guest 28-Aug-2012 23:24
Love your composition.
janescottcumming28-Aug-2012 21:42
Wonderfully taken to highlight the beautiful lines and symmetry of this building. V
John Hamers28-Aug-2012 21:29
Marvellous capture of this great interior !!V
Stephanie28-Aug-2012 21:13
A beautiful interior! Wonderful symmetry! V
Hank Vander Velde28-Aug-2012 20:55
Beautiful shot of this fabulous interior Jose.
Walter Otto Koenig28-Aug-2012 20:36
A remarkable well composed image of this complex vaulting. Nice job with the exposure and thanks for the info. "V"
bill friedlander28-Aug-2012 20:15
Can't add much to the description except to say this is and excellent photograph. V
Jim Coffman28-Aug-2012 20:02
This is just fantastic!!!
John Reynolds LRPS28-Aug-2012 19:53
Excellent composition. Well captured, Jose. V.
Guest 28-Aug-2012 19:35
Molt bona composició.
Fabienne28-Aug-2012 19:27
Ce dôme est superbe et tu l'as très bien en valeur avec une lumière impeccable qui permet d'admirer les détails.
Peter Sussex28-Aug-2012 19:19
Wonderful interior, heaven for a geometry lover like me. BV
Martin Lamoon28-Aug-2012 19:07
Brilliant capture of the arches and windows. v
MarcViskens28-Aug-2012 19:07
wonderful all these nice light and colours
well done
marc
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