Dec.07 - Barcelona
2. Montjuic & Ribera

Montjuic ('Jewish mount', from a medieval cemetery): Cable Car: View of the docks

Montjuic: Cable Car: View of the Barri Gótic with the Agbar tower (the 'gherkin')

Montjuic: Castle: walls and moat-garden

Montjuic: Castle: Claudio operates a German cannon from a WWI submarine

Montjuic: Castle Museum: German 16C crossbow

Montjuic: Castle Museum: 15mm cal. pistol, Catalonia 1720

Montjuic: Castle Museum: Jewish tombstone dated 1307

Montjuic: Castle roof: view of the Barri Gótic

Montjuic: Castle roof: Seagull defecates

Montjuic: gardens from the Cable Car

Montjuic: Miró Museum - Ariel

Montjuic: Miró Museum: Woman and birds at dawn, 1946

Montjuic: View of Barcelona from the Laribal gardens

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya: belvedere

Museu Nacional: belvedere with Betty, Ariel and Gaudí's Sagrada Familia

Museu Nacional: building exterior

Museu Nacional: concert hall organ

Museu Nacional: apse frescoes from St.Climent de Taull, c1120

Museu Nacional: apse fresco from Taull, detail

Museu Nacional: Tabla de los Apóstoles, c1130

Museu Nacional: Frontal de Avia, detail with Nativity, c1180

Museu Nacional: Claudio, Ariel and Betty taking coffee on the esplanade

Museu Nacional: Esplanade and Placa Buigas

Museu Nacional: Facade

Ave. Reina María Cristina

Placa Reial: Betty

Placa Reial: Ariel and Betty waiting for the paella

Santa María del Mar, 14C: Facade

Sta.María del Mar: Portal

Sta.Maria del Mar: Nave

Sta.Maria del Mar: Apse

Sta.Maria del Mar: Apse, detail

Sta.Maria del Mar: Vault with decorations

Sta.Maria del Mar: Vault: Annunciation

Sta.Maria del Mar: 15C rose-window

Sta.Maria del Mar: Rose-window, detail

Palacio Berenguer: Gothic galleries

Palacio Berenguer: staircase

Museu Picasso: Portrait of Mrs.Canals, Paris 1905

Museu Picasso: Woman with hat, 1962

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