Dec.07 - Barcelona
1. Gothic Quarter
Google Earth: Barri Gótic with our walks
Our flat in the Barri Gótic
Dining in the flat tortilla and other local delicacies
Carrer(street) Boters: view from our balcony
A Cobla(traditional Catalonian music ensemble) playing on the Cathedral's steps
Cobla: the woodwinds: flubiol, 2 tibles and 2 tenores
Cobla: the brass and double-bass
Cobla and Sardana dancers
A tenoriste with his tenora, the Catalonian early-19C model of tenor shawm
A beginner tenoriste
Cathedral: Nave of the present-day Gothic 3rd Cathedral
Cathedral: Retablo de S.Gabriel Arcangel, by Borrassà 1390
Cathedral: Gothic apse
Cathedral: The 16C organ
Cathedral: Monument to the Counts of Barcelona (builders of the 11C 2nd Cathedral), 1545, with the original 11C coffins
Typical shop with cakes and sweets
Archivo Nacional: courtyard
City History Museum: patio
City History Museum: orange trees & medieval window
Museu Marès: Ariel & Betty in the patio
Museu Marès: Jesus appears to his disciples in the sea, Gerona 12C
Museu Marès: Stone window from Álava, 13C
Museu Marès: Virgins with child, painted wood carvings c1350#
Museu Marès: Painted panels, Catalonia c1400#
Museu Marès: Jesus on his way to the Calvary, Huguet, Barcelona 1486
Museu Marès: Antique Jewish Torah rolls
Call(medieval Jewish quarter): Carrer de Marlet
Call: typical corner
Call: Carrer de Marlet: copy of Jewish tombstone inscription dated 692
Call: Sinagogue: view from the Carrer de Marlet
Call: Sinagogue: Claudio
Call: Sinagogue: collection of 18C pewter dishes
Plaça de Sant Lu: medieval decorations
Plaça de Sant Lu: more details
Cathedral: Apse and bell tower
Cathedral: Bell tower
Carrer de Veguer: view towards Plaça del Rei
Carrer de Veguer: Antiquarian shop
Plaça del Rei (King's place): 12-14C
Plaça del Angel: Church of Santa Ágata
Portal de l'Angel by night
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