Under cloudless skies we took the western bus route up Montjuic, disembarking at the Olympic Stadium (1992 but interestingly initially slated for a 1936 alternative protest venue to Hitler's Berlin), then taking in the Poble Espanyol (a showcase of historic architectural styles with buildings housing craft based studios or shops), and the National Museum of Catalonian Art (covering a thousand years of painting from fine Romanesque frescos, through Renaissance work by the likes of Rubens, Goya and Zubaran, to modern art including a Picasso); from Montjuic, via the unimpressive Camp Nou (home of Barcelona FC), it was back to Passeig de Gracia for a reprise of Gaudi interiors - this time the Casa Batllo to see his final, and finest, private commission, which is simply stunning in concept and execution.
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