Park Güell

Park Güell :is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".

Colonnaded pathway where the road projects out from the hillside, with the vaulting forming a retaining wall which curves over to support the road, and transmits the load onto sloping columns.

SAGRADA FAMILIA

The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família ,often simply called the Sagrada Família, is a massive, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026. A portion of the building's interior is scheduled to open for public worship and tours by September 2010.

Antoni Gaudí worked on the project from 1883 and devoted the last fifteen years of his life entirely to the endeavour. In 1882, prior to Gaudí's involvement, Francesc del Villar was commissioned to design a church on the site. He resigned a year later and Gaudí was appointed the project architect, redesigning the project entirely. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2026.

Antonio Gaudi Biography

Antonio Gaudi i Cornet.

He was born on July 25 ,1852.

He was from Reus (Catalunya) and he died in Barcelona on 1926.

He was an architect .He is the best representative of the Catalan Modernism.

Antonio Gaudi was an architect who had a great imagination which allowed him to build monumental buildings.

Antonio Gaudi, in his childhood was of sickly nature, which gave him an introspect character.

He was a student at the school Tecnica Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona from 1873 of 1877.

He did excellently in his drawings and projects.

Gaudi was a devout Catholic, to the point that in his later years he abandoned secular work and devoted his life to Catholicism and his Sagrada Familia.

Gaudi'a first works were designed in the style of gothic architecture.

Gaudi's died because a train hit him on 10 June 1926 (age 73).