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…
… 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…
… 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…
There is religious drama to be found, and also mermaid frilliness…
… as well as a number of styles inspired by flora…
Surprised to find something so Japanese on a 19th Century building? I certainly was!
A couple of load-bearing beauties (above and below). I wonder who they were?
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?
Tell me what you think...