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Casa Mila ''La Pedrera'' Museum

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While wandering around in Barcelona , in the heart of the city, it's highly possible to come across a wonder of art designed by Antoni Gaudi. Even if you have decided to discover the city without any tour or city guide while walking around in Barcelona streets you may see many fascinating buildings which ring a bell in your minds that the buildings are really worth to see. So without wasting time you should pop in these amazing buildings as most of them  were possibly designed by magnificent Catalan architecture Antoni Gaudi . So Casa Mila in other words La Pedrera ( a quarry) is located in the city centre. If you walk through the street called La Passeig de Gracia which hosts many chic and expensive brands to shop, you will come across Casa Mila on the corner of Exiample district. The idea of building a house resembling an art of work came up with Pere Mila who was rich thanks to his widow wife and hurted for living in a noble district in Barcelona city . So the history of Casa...

La Mercé Festival in Barcelona City

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Are you in Barcelona between 19th and 24th September in 2014 and looking for an amazing event to participate? Then La Mercé festival may be the right occasion for you. Whether you are alone or with group there are lots of demonstrations of various performing arts you can see. You may want to join theatres, concerts or joyful programs while you are in Barcelona city . So this festival time would be great timing for your holiday between 19th and 24th September in Barcelona city . Actually it is not so hard to find a program going on in your Barcelona city holiday . As Barcelona people love to celebrate any kinds of event in the history or modern time they organize enjoyable performances which sometimes last more than a week so it's easy for you to come across a festival during your holiday. La Mercé Festival is one of those ones. It's generally celebrated in September to say goodbye to Autumn for the last time. What does the La Mercé Festival include? It separates into diffe...

Santa Maria Del Mar Church Photos

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In our previous article we tried to mention about Santa Maria Del Mar Church which is the symbol of Gothic Catalan Church surviving in Barcelona city . The Basilica which was built for merchants in the history became a symbol of the city centre. Even after many disasters it went through before, Santa Maria Del Mar Church is standing monumentally in Libera district. It is one of those sacred destinations you should stop by in Barcelona city . Before you plan your Barcelona city travel you may want to check some photos of Santa Maria Del Mar Church . Beside seeing the basilica you can visit cafes around it and have a sit. While doing this you can watch this fantastic monument and drink your coffee. If you like discovering a city with its whole history then we highly recommend you see this central Gothic church in Barcelona city . Here there are some Santa Maria Del Mar Church gallery if you would like to see what it is like. For more Barcelona city photos please check our Gallery pa...

Santa Maria Del Mar Church

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Whenever you visit Barcelona Santa Maria Del Mar Church in other words Cathedral of Libera, it is waiting for you standing with its outstanding presence in the centre of the city. Basilica of Santa Maria Del Mar which is one of the must see places in Barcelona city has a particular importance with being the single Gothic church surviving in Barcelona . As in the Middle Ages, the architecture world had started to experience a change and besides generally most of the churches' construction continued nearly more than a century but Santa Maria Del Mar Church was built only in 55 years in the heart of the city in order to provide merchants and shipwrights' worship in the city. The most outstanding virtue of the church is being a Gothic church in Barcelona city. When we look at its history we can see that it was built in 14th century and the construction began in 1329 and continued till 1383. The architects were Berenguer de Montagut and Ramon Despuig. The interesting and fascina...