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Stained glass window, Cripta Guell, Santa Coloma de Cervello, Catalonia, Spain

Colourful, organic stained glass window in the Church of Colonia Guell, or Cripta Guell, an unfinished church built 1898-1914, by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, at Santa Coloma de Cervello, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was commissioned by Eusebi Guell for workers at nearby manufacturing plants. The crypt was completed 1908-14, and the upper chapel remains unfinished. It is listed in the Works of Gaudi UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Colourful, organic stained glass window in the Church of Colonia Guell, or Cripta Guell, an unfinished church built 1898-1914, by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, at Santa Coloma de Cervello, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was commissioned by Eusebi Guell for workers at nearby manufacturing plants. The crypt was completed 1908-14, and the upper chapel remains unfinished. It is listed in the Works of Gaudi UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen