lunedì, gennaio 09, 2017
Barcelona: el Gótico
lunedì, gennaio 09, 2017English Version Below - Pieno di storia : in ogni edificio, in ogni casa, in ogni piastrella. Secoli di cultura e arte che passano sot...
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Pieno di storia: in ogni edificio, in ogni casa, in ogni piastrella. Secoli di cultura e arte che passano sotto i nostri piedi e davanti ai nostri occhi. Che si mischiano ai negozi, ai bar affollati, alla marea di gente che si riversa per le strade ogni giorno.
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Le varie piazze che impreziosiscono il Gotico, da Jaume 1 a Plaça Sant Felipe Neri, la cui chiesa porta ancora i segni delle esecuzioni delle truppe franchiste e dei bombardamenti del 1945; alla bellissima Plaça Reial, in cui regna il contrasto tra i ristoranti chic che la circondano, i venditori ambulanti (teoricamente di birra, poi....), il mercato per i collezionisti della domenica mattina e i locali che si riempiono ogni sera.
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Full of history: in any building, in any house, in any tile. Centuries of culture and art passing behind our feet and in front of our eyes; mixing with shops, crowded bars, with the multitude of people pouring into the streets every day.
Going up from the sea towards Plaça Catalunya: delimited at the left by the Rambla, at the right by Via Laietana: it's enough to turn in whatever tiny street leaving from the Rambla to get lost in a maze of streets and squares mixing in a knot of history, food, culture, art, nightlife and wonderful sunsets.
The Cathedral is one of the unmissable things in Barcelona. Begun in the 13th century and finished in the 19th, it's a gothic and neogothic masterpiece: from outside majestic and awe-inspiring, highly decorated; with big windows inside that illuminate with natural light a wide central nave and two aisles.
The various squares enhancing the Gothic quarter, from Jaume 1 to Plaça Sant Felipe Neri, whose church still bears the marks of the executions done by the troops of Franco and those of the bombings of 1945; to the beautiful Plaça Reial, where rules the contrast between fancy restaurants surrounding it, pitchmen (in theory selling beer, then...), the market for collectors of Sunday morning and clubs full every night.
The soul of Barcelona. That wakes up late, but enjoys the day: eating, drinking and filling up the streets with party and colors. And goes to bed only when it's already morning.
