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Sagrada Família. / 41.40369°N 2.17433°E / 41.40369; 2.17433. The main material used is stone. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, [a] otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.
The Spanish building profession during this time (specifically, the years 1559–1567), differed from the traditional Renaissance model of architecture in two fundamental ways: it associated design and building in a continuum and it assigned responsibility for design entirely to a professional who would remain in contact with the building.
Romanesque architecture in Spain is the architectural style reflective of Romanesque architecture, with peculiar influences both from architectural styles outside the Iberian peninsula via Italy and France as well as traditional architectural patterns from within the peninsula. Romanesque architecture was developed in and propagated throughout ...
Spanish colonial architecture represents Spanish colonial influence on the cities and towns of its former colonies, and it's still seen in the architecture as well as in the city planning aspects of conserved present-day cities. These two visible aspects of the city are connected and complementary. The 16th-century Laws of the Indies included ...
Casa Batlló. / 41.39158°N 2.16492°E / 41.39158; 2.16492. Casa Batlló ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəˈʎːo]) is a building in the center of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, and is considered one of his masterpieces. A remodel of a previously built house, it was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been ...
The Ávila Adobe, built in 1818 by Francisco Ávila, [2] is the oldest standing residence in the city of Los Angeles, California. [a] Avila Adobe is located in the paseo of historic Olvera Street, a part of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, a California State Historic Park. The building itself is registered as California Historical ...
Palacio de las Cortes is a building in Madrid where the Spanish Congress of Deputies meets. It is located on the Calle Zorrilla and the Carrera de San Jerónimo, near the Paseo del Prado. It was built by Narciso Pascual Colomer from 1843 to 1850. [1] in the neoclassic style and is one of the most emblematic buildings of Madrid from the 19th ...
Edificio Capitol. / 40.420371; -3.706498. The Edificio Carrión or Edificio Capitol is a building in central Madrid, Spain. An outstanding example of the expressionist -leaning trend within the wider scope of rationalist architecture in Spain, the building has become an icon of both the Gran Vía and the city. [1] [2]