Casa Mila (La Pedrera)

Gaudi and Parc Guell

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July 20th 2008
Today we finally got some of that legendary Spanish summer heat. We decided to take a trip to Parc Guell, a wooded and hilly 30 acre park in the north of Barcelona (that was intended to be a gated community a century ago). The Parc features a number of structures designed by Antonio Gaudi. Antonio Gaudi was a engineer, architect & artist who lived in Barcelona in the late 19th and early 20th ... read more

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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