Barcelona’s Egyptian Museum
One of the lesser known museum in the city of Barcelona focused on an ancient civilisation that has fascinated meContinue Reading
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Barcelona’s History Museum Underground
Many museums are above ground, but this one is completely underground! It just feels strange to see such a bigContinue Reading
Barcelona’s History Museum Above Ground
How often do you build a museum by moving stone by stone a 15th century palazzo to the current locationContinue Reading
Barcelona’s Other Cathedral – Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia
When we think Barcelona Cathedral, La Sagrada Familia always comes to mind first. But this is the actual Barcelona CathedralContinue Reading
Barcelona’s Montjuic Castle
If you have half a day and wanted a full view of Barcelona, Montjuic Castle would be a good choiceContinue Reading
L’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Besides Gaudí, there’s the “other architect of Barcelona”. Lluís Domènech i Montaner was the teacher of Antoni Gaudí and was the fatherContinue Reading
On the trail of Gaudí – Sagrada Familia
It took me 4 years to write this post, but not as laborious or lengthy as the effort taken toContinue Reading
On the trail of Gaudí – Palau Güell
Antoni Gaudí was one of the Art Nouveau representatives that had left his marks all over Catalan, in particular Barcelona.Continue Reading
On the trail of Gaudí – Park Güell
This is perhaps the most surprising fact about Park Güell: it wasn’t originally planned to be a park at all.Continue Reading
Museo Nacional del Prado
This museum is as old as modern Singapore. Founded in 1819 (around the same time Raffles founded Singapore and setContinue Reading