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And the church still needs to put in the massive Christ Spire, which I think will be the highest in the world.

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August 5th 2013
Today was an architecture day. I spent it basically wandering between the major Antoni Gaudi sights in town, beginning with the building I can literally see from my hotel window, the Casa Mila. Gaudi, I've always thought, built naturally, literally. People make a lot of to do about what everything means, but really, it seems to me that he simply re-created nature in his buildings. I think it&# ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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

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