You simply cannot talk about Spanish architecture or even Spain for that matter without the name Antonio Gaudi coming up somewhere. As the most successful and most famous Spanish architect he left behind a legacy that not only transformed the city of Barcelona, nut helped to define a culture and the spirit of Barcelona.With his work scattered all over Barcelona, you can hardly turn your had without being reminded of his work. The way in which he inspired both his peers and his followers is still evident in the new buildings all around Spain. He's been called a genius by artists like Salvadoir Dali and architect Santiago Calatrava considers him the most important architect of our time.
Today there are many tours of Barcelona that will take you around some of his most prominent buildings and seeing them up close and with a guide is a great way to see the master's work. You can however, see a lot of Gaudi without a guided tour. The Sagrada Familia stands like a shrine in the city and its completion is still not fixed as thousands of artists, engineers and architects work round the clock to build Gaudi's most magnificent masterpiece.
Whether its his residential buildings, his landscape designs or even his grand cathedral, Antonia Gaudi captured the spirit of a city and helped to shape and define its future. He is the symbol of an architect with vision and someone who managed to fuse culture, art and architecture into a beautiful fusion.
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