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Stroll through the Barri Gòtic and after passing under the Pont del Bisbe, if you're lucky, on the left a gate is temporarily open to an inner courtyard. Soft light, some stone arches, a staircase decorated with a lion and a nymph playing her lyre in the shade of a small tree create an evocative mood.
In reality, and despite its name, several landmark buildings in the Gothic Quarter do not date to the Middle Ages. Rather, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the quarter was completely transformed from a sombre neighborhood to a tourist attraction through a massive restoration project, timed to be completed for the 1929 International Exhibition. This allowed the city and the surrounding region of Catalonia to portray itself in a positive light to the world's media. Further, restoration of existing buildings and the creation of brand new neo-Gothic structures continued as late as the 1960s.
info and adapted text credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Quarter,_Barcelona
The Basilica of the National Vow (Spanish: Basílica del Voto Nacional) is a Roman Catholic church located in the historic center of Quito, Ecuador. It is the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas. The basilica arose from the idea of building a monument as a perpetual reminder of the consecration of Ecuador to the Sacred Heart. The basilica remains technically "unfinished." Local legend says that when the Basílica is completed, the end of the world will come.
Many thousands of finest marble pieces make up the design of the courtyard including beautiful floral elements and mosaic. The designs were illustrated by British artist “Kevin Dean”.
The inner courtyard of Gripsholms Slott (castle), constructed in the 1500's as a royal palace. Mariefred, Sweden.
From another area of Gastown, located in downtown Vancouver, this is from a place called, The Courtyard." A conglomerate of office space, retail outlets, and an outdoor meeting center, this cluster of red leaves stood prominently from the second floor balcony.
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The principal or Jordan Staircase of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg is so called because on the Feast of the Epiphany the Tsar descended this imperial staircase in state for the ceremony of the "Blessing of the Waters" of the Neva River, a celebration of Christ's baptism in the Jordan River.
During state receptions and functions the Jordan Staircase was a focal point for arriving guests. After entering the palace through the Ambassadors' entrance, in the central courtyard, they would pass through the colonnaded ground floor Jordan Hall before ascending the staircase to the state apartments. Following a ball at the Winter Palace in 1902, The Duchess of Sutherland wrote: "The stairs of the palace were guarded by cossacks, with hundreds of footmen in scarlet liveries, I have never in my life seen so brilliant a sight—the light, the uniforms, the enormous rooms, the crowd, the music..