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Barcelona is a
landscape dotted with extraordinary barcelona architecture starting
from austere cathedrals and going right down to a bench in one of
barcelona´s many parks. The most enigmatic place to find
barcelona architecture would be around the Plaza Sant Jaume. We can
appreciate Roman Art, Romanesque and Gothic, Modernism and Gaudi´s
masterpieces. The barcelona architecture is equally found in the natural
environment as well as in their museums, hotels and ordinary buildings
we see every day. The capacity to take us back to other times and give
us emotions felt by the people of those eras makes the architecture
of barcelona more respectful of local identities and culture.
Barcelona architecture
and where to find it
The vast heritage
of civilization bequeathed by the Romans to barcelona architecture
is the Roman temple with its preserved tombs and four prevailing
archways to be found at 10 Paradis Street . The Romans called their
mighty walled in city- Barcino- and is estimated to have been from
15 to 10 b.c., making reference to their famous Emperor Augustus.
To continue retracing the winding route of barcelona architecture,
we venture into the Roman and Gothic quarters of the medieval times.
Here we can see some of the finest Islamic and French influence in
barcelona architecture.
The perfect starting
point to encounter modernism in the architectural styles of barcelona
is at Guell park. This park is saturated with Antonio Gaudi´s
surprising vitality converted into sculptures. Still more barcelona
architecture, unanimously considered the most beautiful example of
harmonious proportions is la Sagrada Familia where barcelonian architecture
was introduced to new materials like iron and glass. Barcelona can
definitely boast of not only being a large metropolis, overcrowded
with tourist but also with a succession of valuable historical masterworks
which make up for such an interesting barcelona architecture.
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