Spanish Christmas Customs 3 – the villancico | In the Garlic

Spanish Christmas Customs 3 – the villancico | In the Garlic:

Spanish Christmas Customs 2 : building the belén | In the Garlic

Another interesting article by Theresa O'Shea...

Spanish Christmas Customs 2 : building the belén | In the Garlic:

belén in the Bovington household

Spanish Christmas Customs 1- Fleecing the relatives | In the Garlic

This article is not one of mine but Theresa O'Shea's, joint author along with Valerie Collins of  "In the Garlic". Both Theresa and Valerie have written extremely interesting anecdotes about life in Spain....

Spanish Christmas Customs 1- Fleecing the relatives | In the Garlic

Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí
by Robert Bovington

He was an extremely original exponent of Art Nouveau who disliked straight lines as demonstrated by the wavy façade of Casa Milá. He used colourful collages of appliqué materials to add further ornamentation to the surfaces of his structures.

Seven of his Barcelona accomplishments are World Heritage sites. They are Casa Milá, Casa Vicens, Casa Batlló, Palau Güell, the crypt in Colonia Güell, Park Güell and the Sagrada Familia church.

Sagrada Familiaphoto: public domain 

Gaudí was born in 1852 in Catalonia. He died in 1926 having been run over by a tram and, fittingly, was buried in La Sagrada Família.

Gaudí was a Spanish architect who worked mostly in Barcelona which contains some superb examples of his brilliantly inventive work - like the enormous, but unfinished cathedral, La Sagrada Familia; the fascinating Parc Güell and Casa Milá with its wacky rooftop.

by Lorus Maver

The wacky rooftop of Casa Milá
photo: public domain

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