Carrer del Carme
Fancy a bit of façade gorgeousness? Then please allow me to show you a couple of examples of embellishments that can be spotted on buildings around Barcelona. We’ll start at the top, at roof level…
Carrer Portaferrissa
… or just underneath, where rainpipes drain through the mouth of this pointy-eared guy (above) or graceful griffin-like creatures remind me of Venetian art…
Carrer Aribau
Carrer Notariat
… this very serious eagle, with an iron quill in its beak, can be seen from the lounge of the Cute Suite, and (below) mother and child, are just a couple of streets away…
Carrer Hospital
Carrer del Carme
There is religious drama to be found, and also mermaid frilliness…
Baixada de Llibreteria
Plaça del Pi
… as well as a number of styles inspired by flora…
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Riera Alta
Surprised to find something so Japanese on a 19th Century building? I certainly was!
Portal del Angel
A couple of load-bearing beauties (above and below). I wonder who they were?
Carrer Boqueria
Carrer Valldonzella
Geometry and symmetry played an important role also, and although both examples which are from very different times (above and below), and are both lavishly decorated, I do not find them ‘too much’. What do you think?
Roger de Llúria
Tell me what you think...