This is Gaudi's Palau Guell (I believe I have the name wrong). It was supposed to be a 60 unit housing development for the well off but flopped.

We came up the back side. I had looked at maps and found the nearest metro stop and went from there. If you go in the front door it costs 7E. This way is free. There were signs here pointing the way.

We walked/traveled up up up an enormous hill. The climb was helped by several escalators.  When we finally got to the tippy  tip top of the area the view was fantastic though the final few steps were quite dangerous.  You can see me hanging on.

We then hiked down to where his the buildings are.  We found the courtyard which is surrounded by these seats covered with ceramics. They are supposed to be ergonomic but sort of hit me in the back. They are beautiful.

We then hiked down and around and found the area that was designed to be a market place. There are 100 columns here, each one different. The ones on the edge were tilted. It was quite and interesting experience walking through these. Deb took pictures of some of the details.  It looked to me that Gaudi had copied some aspects of the Mezquita in Cordoba which is later in the story.

Even further down and around are the buildings where you are supposed to enter. They were quite fantastic. There are several nice interesting sculptures here. The trim on the buildings is also very nice. Extra pictures.

Gaudi quit building this around 1914. He lived here for 20 years.