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Barcelona



Located on the coast Dorada of the Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain, experiencing a moderate Mediterranean climate. Barcelona, despite being a modern city today, with all the state of art facilities, still holds on to its historic past with renders the city its incredible beauty in terms of architecture, cultural wealth and natural surroundings. With a fabulous economy being an important industrial and commercial city of Spain, Barcelona incorporates dynamic inhabitants, great cultural values, contemporary art and elegant and stylish lifestyle. Apart from the man made artistry that the city abounds it, it promises lots in terms of showering you with the natural beauty exuded by the sea, mountains and architectural splendor seen in the great works of the famous architect Antoni Gaudi. It is this multifarious nature of Barcelona that appeals to the tourists across the globe. Amongst the various places of interest in Barcelona, a few are:

  • Palau G�ell � This is cited as the World Heritage site of UNESCO, as it forms a part of the ingenious Spanish architect Antoni Gaud�. A town mansion built for an industrial tycoon of Spain named Eusebi G�ell, after whom the name has been taken, it is massive size with iron gates, ramp for the horse drawn carriages to enter with guests, a receiving hall with fabulous architectural designs and the most important main room or hall, that was meant for entertaining the guests from high societies.

  • Casa Mil� � Considered as one of the best pieces of art by the famous architect Antoni Gaud�, this is a building that was built somewhere in the early 1900s. Its architecture is overwhelming and fabulous, and transcends all the stereotypical concepts of architecture we have in mind. The very exterior, gives a feeling of the waves on a beach, or a honey comb and the terrace resembles the craters on the surface of the moon. The interior has been built with in the way the African tribes build their cave dwellings. This building has been entered in the list of World Heritage Sites.

  • Gran Teatre del Liceu opera theatre � This is a grand opera house located on La Rambla and was inaugurated in the year 1847. It was built by the monarchy, but it has gone on to be destroyed by fire and explosion of bombs on more than one occasion. It used to hold some of the greatest operas of that time, and today, too it is visited by thousands, after its reopening following renovation and expansion in the year 1999.

  • Palau de la M�sica Catalana - Built in the modernisme style of architecture by Llu�s Dom�nech i Montaner, this is a world famous concert hall. Almost half a million people go to this place to see live musical concerts which hare of numerous genres such as symphonic, chamber, jazz and Can�o.

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