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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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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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The Museu d'Historia de Barcelona has excavated miles of Roman ruins of the original city of Barcino, founded by the Romans more than 2000 years ago, under the streets of modern Barcelona.

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Joan Miró installed this mosaic in the La Rambla, the famous street in the city center of Barcelona, in the 1970s.

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At the tip of La Rambla in the center of the Plaça de Catalunya, this monument celebrates Francesc Macià i Llussà, a Catalonian politician who spoke out for an independent Catalonia.

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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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Also known as Barcelona's Cathedral of the Sea, this church was built throughout the 1300s by the sailors and fishermen of the neighborhood.

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Roman remains appear throughout the city of Barcelona.

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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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