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La Segrada Familia

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March 8th 2011
This will be a shorter entry. I have written more recent entries and meant to get back to this one. This day I remember we went up to Antoni Gaudi's house in Parc Guell. It was a small house but had some original furniture and architecture designed by Gaudi. In it we saw scaled models of other structures and designs that were built throughout Barcelona. After the house we went to La Segra ... 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