28 September 2009
The Montserrat Rack Railway or Cremallera de Montserrat is a mountain railway line north of Barcelona in the Catalonia region of Spain. The line runs from Monistrol de Montserrat to the mountain-top monastery of Montserrat.
Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Montserrat literally means "jagged mountain" in Catalan. It describes the peculiar aspect of the rock formation, which is visible from a great distance The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock, popular with climbers.
Santa Maria de Montserrat, a Benedictine abbey which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat(the black virgin) sanctuary. The virgin of Montserrat is a statue of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ. Here is one tips to share with you while you are in the church during their choral. Please do not make any noise, not even whispering to your friend, otherwise, you will be asked by the one standing nearby you to keep silent.
pic: the black virgin
We went to Park Guell later on, a public park brimming with imagination and symbolism that was transformed from a failed garden city. It is another piece of work by Gaudi.
The calvary
it occupies one of the highest areas in the park, where in the original project the chapel was going to be built
The calvary is the highest point of the garden. From here, you will be able to see the city of Barcelona below you.
stairway
45 steps on two symmetrical sides join the hypostyle hall and market place.
The viaducts
thress streches of viaducts rise above the vaults formed by organic leaning columns on the Rosary pathway.
An entrance to paradise - Caretaker's lodge
Gaudi was probably inspired by the bread and sugar house from the children's tale called Hansel and Gretel
The dragon
located on the main stairway, it is prefabricated in hollow brick and decorated, after put into position, with ceramic trencadis.
The trencadis of diverse colors that covers the dragon is specially devised to emulate this creature's scales. In order to increase the credibility of the texture, Gaudi distributed semi-spherical protuberances on the surface of the sculpture.
The exterior wall
it was more than 2 metres high and devised to circle the park, in order to isolate its inhabitants from city hubbub
pictures from
1) fotopedia.com
2) reference.findtarget.com
2) reference.findtarget.com
3) wikipedia.com
4) parkguell.net84.net
5) personal photos
Information from
1) wikipedia.com
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