The day after, we went to El Poble Espanyol, an open air museum that gives a glimpse to the architecture found through Spain. It is also a craft village, and a place with restaurant and shows.
This is what the TripAdvisor says
The Pueblo Español is an enchanting village on Montjuic that was
built in 1929 and that contains architecture that represents each
province of Spain.
Every single building is a copy of a real building. There is no traffic
inside the village, as it is really a theme park. And the stores here
are very entertaining because they feature crafts that one would not
normally see, done by artists and craftsmen. There are many restaurants
where one can have lunch.
The Pueblo Español was built for the 1929 International Exhibition to
showcase Spain. It was supposed to be demolished after the Exhibition,
but there was wide popular support to keep it intact because it was so
charming and a good tourist attraction. The builders of the village were
the architects Ramon Reventos and Francesc Folguera, while the artists
were Xavier Nogues and Miquel Utrillo. Before the building of the
village, the four made may trips around Spain to take photographs and
get ideas. They took many notes and made many drawings. The four visited
1600 towns and villages in Spain!
I leave you wander through the village:
4 comments:
What a beautiful trip you had! The buildings are so unique yet so beautiful.
el pueblo is great!
it makes it so much fun when you then visit the actual towns and see the actual buildings!
Oh that looks like a wonderful place to visit. Thanks for sharing with us. No worries, and love, Stella and Rory
What a beautiful place! You must have had so much fun walking around there. We don't have anything that grand near us!
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