Barcelona, Spain. 27th to 29th October 2018.

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All images are from the colour post Sagrada Familia, which has some more details.

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Looking up at Sagrada Familia at the Passion Façade.

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Stained-glass window, illuminated at night from inside.

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Façade detail, Passion Façade.

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The top of one of the Apostle spires, probably atop the Nativity Façade.

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A model of the Sagrada Familia, as it will be when complete, in a nearby souvenir shop.

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An apostle’s tower, this one for James, son of Alphaeus.

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A tower of fruits.

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Grapes.

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The four towers of the Passion Façade.

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You know what this is, though the representation is most remarkable.

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Stained glass triptych.

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Angles and curves.

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Majesty in space.

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A section at the top of the Nave,

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Faces and stained glass windows.

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Looking up.

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Arrays of stained glass windows.

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Just in case you don’t know where this is.

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The wall in the right distance is the inside of the the unfinished Gloria Façade..

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Looking towards the Apse, and the organ installed in 2010.

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The scale of the structure is quite remarkable.

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These are red/ blue duotones.

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This is my last post on Spain.  There has been 25 posts, 680 images and nearly 15,000 words.  The next post from this trip will be close to what was a remote outpost of Spain 200 years ago.  However, there will probably be a couple of unrelated posts in the meantime.

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