Browse Items (23 total)

  • Collection: Spain

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The beach at El Portet is rocky, but it still has plenty of sand for building castles.

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The architectural styles in this cathedral range from modern to abstract to traditional in a somehow cohesive and breathtaking fashion.

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A guitar player settles into a small placa hidden between buildings in the Barri Gotic.

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The rocky terrain on Montgó Massif, with a view of Denia in the background.

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A view of the town from the castle above.

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This artwork, known in English as The World Begins With Every Kiss, was installed in 2014 in Barcelona by the artist Joan Fontcuberta.

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This sculpture, in the Plaça de Sant Miquel in Barcelona, pays homage to castellers. These Catalonians build human towers 9 or 10 people high, and they still gather to build at festivals or cultural celebrations today.

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This still-unfinished building (as of 2015) was begun in the 1880s. Architect Antoni Gaudi died in 1926 without seeing its completion.

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This beautiful church dates back to the 14th century, but most of it was built in the 1500s.
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