This Sunday the Norwegian
teachers and students have experienced many different places in Barcelona and
its surroundings.
The
teachers tell that they have been to the Hospital de la Santa Creu de Sant Pau,
or more exactly Sant Pau Recinte Modernista. This modernista complex was built
between 1905 and 1930, it was designed by the famous architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and it is Europe’s
foremost art-nouveau complex. The teachers had a nearly two hours guided visit
to the pavilions at this magnificent complex. Hospital de la Santa Creu was
funded in 1401 when six hospitals in Barcelona moved out of town to a new
hospital building just outside the city walls. Until 1904 this was the main
hospital in Cataluña. In 1902 the banker Paul Gil Serra donated 3 million
pesetas to a new hospital which was finished in 1930. In 1929 Escola Massana was
funded in parts the old buildings.
Two of the students tell about their first Sunday in Barcelona: Today we went for a walk in our neighbourhood in Gracià and other places nearby. This is an old village with narrow roads and nice open squares with cafés. On the picture you can see people dancing at one of the Plazas i Gracia this Sunday.
After having been to Gracià we went to Barceloneta. This is a nice placeclose to the sea with beaches and restaurants. Afterwards we went to Parc de la Ciutadella. And wow, it was beautiful !! The park was full of trees and flowers, beautiful buildings like The Parliament of Catalonia. People was singing and dancing, or just relaxing in the green grass. We also found a zoo inside.
It really was a nice Sunday in Barcelona!
We are really happy you had a good time around Barcelona yesterday. We are quite proud of our city and of our culture and we love to show everything to our friends from abroad when they visit us!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy for people who has had this oportunity, it is fantastic to share thins you like to do (in this case sculpture) and what's more, to share it in an country with new people who have a different culture. I have, like we say in catalan: "healthy envy"!
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