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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Old and New Barcelona

Hi everyone! Here is another lesson on the layout of most of the Spanish cities. Ok, so at the heart of most of the modern or sort of modern cities in spain, there is the historical center, where all the shops, ruins, cathedrals and churches are! In fact, probably the coolest place to go in every city in spain is the oldest part of it! These parts can be a little bit scary, since they do not have the set up of the Grid in the more modern parts of the city, and therefore is like a sort of labyrinth :) This is especially so in the neighborhood of Albaicin, which is the native Muslim quarter (sorry, thats Granada, got all the cities mixed up!) Here is the Cathedral of Barcelona! Sorry for the crane blocking half of it, but the building was under construction, since they are still building the main spire! Pop quiz! Guess how many cathedrals can be in a city at one time?

the answer is:1 the only exception is if you have a basilica, like the Segrada Familia, which is more important than the cathedral in my opinion, and is the second most tourist visited places in the spain, next to the Alhambra! Also if the old cathedral has been stripped of its title and a new one is being built, then technically you could have 2 :)

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