Day 8:
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I guess, some of knew what was coming when I placed my comment on Day 7 regarding Day 6 (Pillars of the Earth). Well, here's the thing, I did like "La catedral del mar" (#CathedralOfTheSea) by #IldefonsoFalcones. It is about the uring the construction of a cathedral. But it is the lesser known Santa Maria del Mar, not the...
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Day 8
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...#SagradaFamília of the Catalan #AntoniGaudí (to be completed in 2033.)
That wasn't the only disappointment. I had expected something like Pillars of the Earth, but architecture is pretty much absent and construction work is chiefly just a background story.
That said, as it was one of my first novels in...
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...Spanish, and the medieval court intrigues were interesting, I still remember it fondly.
It is all about managing expectations, I guess. ;)
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I did not see that coming (as I never heard of the novel).
Still, Santa María del Mar is a beautiful cathedral!
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Huh, I would have thought that you knew author and novel.
I have been to Barcelona a few times, I don't remember that church, but the visits were but a day.
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OT:
#Gothic
(1/n)
Yes, la Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar in #Barcelona is picturesque. :)
"A jewel of the La Ribera neighborhood, this is #Barcelona's last remaining #Catalan #Gothic-style church, with majestic naves and beautiful stained glass windows."
So it is one of the architectural brethren of the fictious one in #Kingsbridge, ...
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OT:
#Gothic
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...Notre-Dame and Sainte-Chapelle de #Paris, Notre-Dame de #Strasbourg
as well as the #Gothic #cathedrals in #Sens, #Reims, #Amiens, #Chartres, #Rouen, #Wells (#Somerset, #England,) #LincolnCathedral, #CanterburyCathedral, #KingsCollegeChapel (#Cambridge,) #WestminsterAbbey,
as well as the Dome of #Magdeburg, the Marienkirche (#Lübeck, #Germany),...
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...the #KölnerDom (#Cologne, Germany,) the #UlmerMünster, not to forget the cathedrals of Italy, #Siena, #Orvieto, #Florence, and #Milan, and those of #Spain: Santa María de #Burgos, #Sevilla, #Cuenca, #Toledo, #León, Palma de #Mallorca, #Ávila, #Oviedo, #Segovia, #Pamplona, #Girona*,...
Ok, I admit it, I love the #Gothic style . 🥰
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