The beautiful stained glass window rose in Basilica Santa Maria

The Picasso like mask statue near the waterfront.

David on the middle terrace halfway up the steps to the Museum of the Arts.

Part of the ceiling inside the Museum of the Arts.

Basilica de la Sagrada Familia. Commenced in the late 1900s and expected to be complete in 2026 (100 years after the architect Antoni Gaudi was kill in a tram accident). There have been a team working in the building - these days they have the use of computer technology to solve the many puzzles of the curious design. It is a self funded project. The inside has massive columns - granite, marble, sandstone -with branches extending high up to the ornate ceiling to ...