Barcelona - A City of Contrast

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

SPAIN | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [966] | View Larger Image

Diversity: An inherently multicultural city, Barcelona combines the Catalan way of life with Spanish influences and an ever increasing influx of foreign tourists. With everyone else rugging up in dull tones to ward off the encroaching winter, this lady pulled out an eye-catching scarf and pants combination to add some colour to her walk through the city.

Light: If the Barcelona Tourist Board were to sum up their wonderful city with one icon, they would undoubtedly pick La Sagrada Familia. Antoni Gaudi’s defining masterpiece, the church is spectacular for being designed over a century ago, yet still stunningly modern. This stained glass window is just one example of the beauty – a compelling contrast of darkness and light.

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A City of Beauty and a City of War: Despite being a beautiful city with an array of natural and man-made masterpieces, Barcelona also harbours a darker past. A Republican stronghold in the Spanish Civil War, the Mediterranean metropolis suffered heavily during the reign of Franco and these scars were not quickly forgotten. This photo juxtaposes the two sides of Barcelona, with a blooming flower outshining the insidious barbed wire.

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