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Picasso plus parks

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August 20th 2014
Our last day in Barcelona - though we do have a few extra hours en route home. We spent it at the Picasso Museum. Picassomwas a student in Barcelona where he got to know all sorts. His first painting in a Paris exhibition was originally titled The Brothel. He was asked to change it so called it Las Demoiselles d'Avignon but the joke was on them because Avignonis the name of the st ... 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