Gotic flotant / Ethereal columns
El nucli central, així com l'element més antic del Palau de la Generalitat, es la Galeria Gòtica. Fou el palau gotic de Pere Brunet, comprat per la Generalitat per a establir's-hi just el 1400. És una icona del gotic civil català. Sempre m'ha meravellat la increible finesa d'aquestes columnes.
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 Galeria Gòtica (the gothic gallery) is the center and the oldest part of the Palau de la Generalitat. It's also the most impressive architectonic element, icon of the Catalan gothic style, in a civilian buiding. I've always marveled at the finesse of these columns, yet how they support the walls...
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:
Gotic flotant / Ethereal columns
El nucli central, així com l'element més antic del Palau de la Generalitat, es la Galeria Gòtica. Fou el palau gotic de Pere Brunet, comprat per la Generalitat per a establir's-hi just el 1400. És una icona del gotic civil català. Sempre m'ha meravellat la increible finesa d'aquestes columnes.
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 Galeria Gòtica (the gothic gallery) is the center and the oldest part of the Palau de la Generalitat. It's also the most impressive architectonic element, icon of the Catalan gothic style, in a civilian buiding. I've always marveled at the finesse of these columns, yet how they support the walls...
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: