Park Güell Barcelona
Spread over 42 acres in a densely populated area of the city it is one of the largest green spaces in Barcelona.
The park was constructed over a 14 year period between 1900 to 1914, but was not opened as a public park until as late as 1926, when the designer Gaudi's benefactor Eusebi Güell bequeathed it to the state.
What appeared to be just a couple of miles walk actually turned into an uphill trek from the hotel. Looking back at the gathering tourists just entering the main entrance
Gaudi lived in this house until his death in 1926 waking up to the panorama of the bustling hectic city to the horizon.
The park is divided into two sections the monumental area, that I visited and the garden and woodland area which I didn't.
Locals can visit for free the rest of us pay, and entry is restricted to a maximum of 1,400 persons per hour
The website has the rules of entry, giving times to enter and rules on one way wandering around (I now find out), but I just rocked up paid 10euros and wandered freely. DO NOT believe everything you read on the interweb.
Under the viaducts, also known as the Laundry Room portico
Intricate way that these pillars have been put together, some of them are load bearing and I am wondering if they are steel beams that have just external rendeing
The structures designed to be tree like in their formations
The columns of The Hypostyle hall with its classical Greek style Doric columns was originally intended to be a market place for the community
There are four inlaid rosettes that represent the four seasons.
The roof of the hall is a general viewing and seating area where you can see the intricate styilised mosaics close up
In 1984, UNESCO declared the Monument Park a World Heritage Site.
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The place is magnificent. 😊
cheers @fixyetbroken , bloody lovely!!
Yeah.. how many times have you visited the place?
i have been to Barcelona several times over the years, but this is the first visit to the Gaudi park
Oh.. thank you for sharing your first visit.😊
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Wow!, truly a good place that one needs to visit, Gaudi took 14 years to complete it, that's absolutely a lot of years put into work, those bricks looks like irons and if they're stones, I believed, it would be stones that is stronger than irons.
cheers @repayme4568 thanks for dropping in I much appreciate your input, that took 14 years.....check out La Sagrada Familia another of his masterpieces in the city that still is not finished and that was started in 1882!!!
Wow!, he is really good in delivering what's nice without a mistakes, I will, thanks for informing me.
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Such an awesome space. I have been a few times. When I was a teenager… many moons ago hahaha and a few years back. He had some great visions 😎
Oh my, I do remember the steps/ hill up to get there. Brutal 🥵
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great place when you get there though on that we are agreed too
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Architecture and mosaic work ingenuity in design, will stand long time into the future, an interesting place to explore!
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cheers @joanstewart yes quite different and well worth the trek uphill!
High points always gives better view of layout.
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I heard about the place but never tried to research it on Google. So now I know - thank you for this post.
My impression about the park after the post. From one side, some structures look like qualitative work (some mosaics), but, at the same time, the place looks like a theme park. Flashy colors, an attempt to surprise the visitor at every step; those poop constructions which are supposed to look like trees are worth mentioning separately.
Probably, that Gaudi guy should have been a mosaic artist, not an architect.
Cheers @x-rain , when it was constructed I doubt they expected it to end up on the tourist route, as it was built as a private estate. But...time moves on.
There are other bits in Barcelona, that I didn't visit this time round also by Gaudi, yes he has the same "wacky" designs and use of bright colour, I bet quite an eye opener back in the day.
Of course his most famous structure is a masterpiece and still not completed, La Sagrada
Familia and that is a sight to behold.
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This looks like quite the fascinating place! I especially like that building at the entrance, the one with the tall blue-and-white tower! Thanks for sharing the story and photos of this amazing destination! 💜
cheers @thekittygirl thanks for dropping in and your kind feedback which I appreciate. Yes the buildings really are something else a great place to visit
One of my favorite tourist attractions in Barcelona! In this place you can spend a lot of time taking lots of interesting pictures.
Hahaha funny to read about your experience at the entrance, I had a long time without visiting it and in January I was surprised to have to pay to visit it. I had not been there since the time of the pandemic and I was used to visit the area that was free before, but not now. I spent some time talking to the guys in charge of the order and tickets, in the end there was no way hahaha.
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cheers @ninaeatshere thanks for dropping in, i really enjoyed it and I love a lot about Barcelona too, even paying I hope you enjoyed your visit. thank you for the congrats I did not even realise this
This is fantastic 🤩. This post is the most I've seen of the inside of Park Güell. You make a great guide, grindle!
...42 acres, oof!
Cheers @emanate-artworx , yes 42 !! I guess I saw about 2! LOL
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