La sala sense columnes / No columns to see
La Sala de Conferencies del Palau de la Generalitat té la inusual i inquietant manca de columnes que aguantin el sostre. Tot prou simbolic del estat de Catalunya.
Per el Sant Jordi de 2022, el primer normal des del Covid19, varem anar a visitar el Palau de la Generalitat.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalunya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4N581E58w
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The conference hall of the Government of Catalonia, in the Palau de la Generalitat. It's a column-less medieval hall. There were columns here, but where "substituted" by steel inner structures. More space, but a bit unnerving, and even simbolic of the politic times...
In Sant Jordi day (the patron saint of Catalonia) we went to visit the see of the Government of Catalonia, el Palau de la Generalitat, in Barcelona. It's an impressive mostly medieval building. As was typical of the times, it's not a purpose-built structure but a collection of re-used gothic palaces, that grew with the history of Catalonia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalunya
A video of it's history, in Catalan:
La sala sense columnes / No columns to see
La Sala de Conferencies del Palau de la Generalitat té la inusual i inquietant manca de columnes que aguantin el sostre. Tot prou simbolic del estat de Catalunya.
Per el Sant Jordi de 2022, el primer normal des del Covid19, varem anar a visitar el Palau de la Generalitat.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalunya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4N581E58w
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The conference hall of the Government of Catalonia, in the Palau de la Generalitat. It's a column-less medieval hall. There were columns here, but where "substituted" by steel inner structures. More space, but a bit unnerving, and even simbolic of the politic times...
In Sant Jordi day (the patron saint of Catalonia) we went to visit the see of the Government of Catalonia, el Palau de la Generalitat, in Barcelona. It's an impressive mostly medieval building. As was typical of the times, it's not a purpose-built structure but a collection of re-used gothic palaces, that grew with the history of Catalonia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalunya
A video of it's history, in Catalan: