his famous statue

barcelona

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April 24th 2008
we were amazed by the beauty, and uniqueness of some of his works. my brothers even bought a bunch of clay figurines and made a chess set out of them. the pawns were flamingo dancers, the rooks were little dudes on barrels of wine, the knights are guys on mules and horses and the bishops are well, literally bishops. The kings are guys on horses as well and the queens just look like queens. my cam ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more