Barcelona - The Capital of Catalonia
December 30, 2006 - January 3, 2007
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| A picture of the funicular railway that goes up to the top of the mountain from the abbey. | A picture from the top of Montserrat mountain. |
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| The name "Montserrat" literally means "jagged mountain", and you can clearly see from the above and below pictures why it got this name. | Yuka enjoying the scenery from Montserrat mountain. |
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| Another picture of the Benedictine abbey with the mountain in the background. | Safely back in Barcelona, we visited La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family), the infamous Roman Catholic basilica that is still under construction - incredible when you remember that the project started in 1883. |
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| A picture from the the Nativity scene on the eastern façade, which was highly influenced by the basilica's original designer, Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí | The western Passion façade shows emaciated figures of Christ being flogged and on the crucifix. |
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| A picture from inside the basilica. | Yuka looking out from the Sagrada Familia. For more comments on Barcelona, please read by blog from this period. |