Gaudi is everywhere

We are slowly exploring Barcelona and discovering new places even in our own neighbourhood each day.

We visited Park Guell the other day. It is another of Gaudi’s fantastic creations. It is very large – we only saw part – but there are artistic flourishes everywhere. The tile work is extensive and amazing. The buildings are like fairy’s houses with scalloped, tiled roofs and mosaic patterns around the windows. There is a large viewing area with a curved, flowing tiled seat all around the edge. Every part is a different pattern or combination of shapes and colours but it all fits together beautifully. Nothing is as it should be – rough stone pillars that look almost natural except they are repeated again and again. the columns slope, inwards or diagonally, rocks hang down from the ceilings. It is certainly creative, often playful, and even childlike.