Bench at Park Guell
This mosaicked bench snakes its way around the main square in Barcelona's Park Guell and is possibly the longest in the world. Jujol tiled the bench that surrounds the square using handmade ceramics and even added color and graffiti (such as crosses, prayers, and his own signature) to many of the tiles before re-firing them.
About this place:
Gaudi's Park Guell:
Between twin staircases at the park’s entrance sits the famous lizard. Climb the stairs and you find yourself in an open-air square overlooking the city. Jujol tiled the bench that surrounds the square using handmade ceramics and even added color and graffiti (such as crosses, prayers, and his own signature) to many of the tiles before re-firing them. Beyond the square is the “Hall of a Hundred Columns” which holds spectacular overhead mosaics and, in fact, only 86 columns.
Postcards about Park Guell, Barcelona:
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27 April 2008
From:
Eileen Roche
(No street address given)
Barcelona, Catalunya, ES
Discovered by Eileen Roche
on 27 April 2008.
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