Showing posts with label Gaudi crypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaudi crypt. Show all posts

Sunday 8 December 2019

Bonkers Church Visit

If you’re ever in the mood for checking out some bonkers architecture pop along to the Gaudi church/crypt in Santa Coloma de Cervello. It’s marked as a hidden Gaudi gem and it’s certainly different. The stained glass windows throw vibrant colours onto the cacophony of different styles of religiosity within - and there’s even a stone henge type structure on the roof. Quite bizarre but interesting nonetheless. There’s a Black Madonna on one altar and a rather over the top collection of deities on another. Here are a few photos to show you what it’s like.
Vibrant windows

Holy family

Black Madonna and friend

Pink prettiness

Swirly ceiling

Giant hand basin

Up on a roof

A Soggy Return

It wasn’t the welcome home we expected - torrential rain, flooding, and giant potholes in pretty much every road we drove on today. Ugh! The...