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  • Catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, draped on the Casa Mila, or La Pedrera building designed by Antoni Gaudi and built 1906-12, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pakistani children behind a balcony and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lateen sailed catalan boats at Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. These colourful traditional catalan boats or barques catalanes with triangular sails, have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Little girl seen from behind and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pakistani children behind a balcony and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pakistani girls behind a balcony and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teenagers waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garland with red and yellow striped color of the Catalan flag in memoriam of the Aragonese soldiers dead in 1714 for the Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration workshop for barques catalanes, at the Site Classe de l'Anse de Paulilles in the Bay of Paulilles, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The boatyard keeps alive this Mediterranean maritime heritage, building and repairing these colourful traditional catalan boats with triangular sails, which have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Paulilles is a protected area of the Mediterranean between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in Pyrenees-Orientales. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration workshop for barques catalanes, at the Site Classe de l'Anse de Paulilles in the Bay of Paulilles, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The boatyard keeps alive this Mediterranean maritime heritage, building and repairing these colourful traditional catalan boats with triangular sails, which have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Paulilles is a protected area of the Mediterranean between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in Pyrenees-Orientales. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration workshop for barques catalanes, at the Site Classe de l'Anse de Paulilles in the Bay of Paulilles, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The boatyard keeps alive this Mediterranean maritime heritage, building and repairing these colourful traditional catalan boats with triangular sails, which have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Paulilles is a protected area of the Mediterranean between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in Pyrenees-Orientales. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration workshop for barques catalanes, at the Site Classe de l'Anse de Paulilles in the Bay of Paulilles, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The boatyard keeps alive this Mediterranean maritime heritage, building and repairing these colourful traditional catalan boats with triangular sails, which have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Paulilles is a protected area of the Mediterranean between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in Pyrenees-Orientales. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of female figure, allegorical relief by Miquel Blay of the Catalan Song, Palau de la Musica Catalana, 1908, Lluis Domenech i Montaner, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional Catalan fishing sailing boats in the harbour with the Chateau Royal in the background, Collioure, France. Picasso, Matisse, Derain, Dufy, Chagall, Marquet, and many others immortalized the small Catalan harbour in their works. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Traditional catalan wooden boat on the Ebro river, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional Catalan fishing sailing boats in the harbour, Collioure, France. Picasso, Matisse, Derain, Dufy, Chagall, Marquet, and many others immortalized the small Catalan harbour in their works. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Barques catalanes in the harbour at Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The colourful traditional lateen sailed catalan boats or barques catalanes with triangular sails, have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Behind is the Eglise Notre-Dame-des-Anges, or Church of Our Lady of the Angels, built in 1684, with an attached bell tower which was originally used as a lighthouse or beacon. The church is listed as a historic monument. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers wearing the catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The banner calls for Fem la Republica Catalana, or We Do the Catalan Republic. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers with the catalan flag painted on their cheeks, marching to celebrate catalan nationalism, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Behind are yellow ribbons tied to a gate, in support of activists jailed for their role in the push for catalan independence. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers wearing the catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, in front of a photograph of police brutality, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Anselm Clave below a sculpture of a tree entitled Les Flors de Maig or the Flowers of May, representing Catalan folk music, by Pau Gargallo, and behind, mosaic of the musician Palestrina, around the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pegasus sculpture by Eusebi Arnau, and behind, skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, and sculpture of Les Flors de Maig (The Flowers of May) and bust of Anselm Clave, representing Catalan folk music, by Pau Gargallo, in the Concert Hall of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St George with spear and sword trampling the dragon, from the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi, from the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing a transverse flute, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing the bagpipes, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage is by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, with sculptures of a choir singing Les Flors de Maig, Anselm Clave, a tree, the ride of the Valkyries and Beethoven. Around the stage are figures of 18 muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral capital and mosaic and ceiling with mosaics in floral designs, in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion, from the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Sebastian with bow and arrow, from the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (drum and Germanic lyre), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing the violin, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of the ride of the Valkyries from Richard Wagner's opera Die Walkure, by Pau Gargallo, and left, the coat of arms of the Palau, around the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Semi-vault ceiling panels with floral design, decorative lighting and names of musicians in mosaic, in the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people and is illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Ludwig van Beethoven, by Pau Gargallo, around the stage in the Concert Hall, and behind, stained glass windows with garland design by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rehearsal Room of the Orfeo Catala choral society, where the foundation stone of the building was laid, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silent Music III, temporary sculpture of a seated person in musical staves and notes, 2016, by Jaume Plensa, in the foyer of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (lyre, castanets, drum and Germanic lyre), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (bagpipes and triangle), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing a lyre, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing a transverse flute, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing the castanets, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a muse playing a lute, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing a lute and a flageolet and a drum, by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (guembri, pan pipes, lute, flageolet and drum), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative light, and names of musicians in mosaic, in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seats and boxes on the second floor balcony in the Concert Hall, with decorative lighting and semi-vault ceiling panels with floral design, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people and is illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seats and boxes on the second floor balcony in the Concert Hall, with decorative lighting and semi-vault ceiling panels with floral design, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people and is illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor balcony of the Concert Hall, with stained glass windows with garland design by Rigalt Granell & Cia and mosaic columns, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircases and view through to orchestra area in the Concert Hall, from the Lluis Millet Room, a lounge area on the first floor, in the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The large lamp posts are sculpted with floral and vegetal motifs. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircases leading to the first and second floor balconies of the Concert Hall, in the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The large lamp posts are sculpted with floral and vegetal motifs. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage is by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, with sculptures of a choir singing Les Flors de Maig, Anselm Clave, a tree, the ride of the Valkyries and Beethoven. Around the stage are figures of 18 muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boxes and decorative lighting on the second floor balcony in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Walcker pipe organ of 1908 and huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, seen from the second floor balcony, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, seen from the second floor balcony, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seats on the first floor balcony in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seats on the first floor balcony in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling design with semi-vaults with floral motifs, arches and columns on the second floor balcony in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seats on the first floor balcony in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Semi-vault ceiling panels with floral design, in the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people and is illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircases leading to the first and second floor balconies of the Concert Hall, in the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The large lamp posts are sculpted with floral and vegetal motifs. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, seen from the second floor balcony, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading to the second floor of the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columns covered with mosaic in floral designs, by Lluis Bru, on the balcony outside the Lluis Millet Room (a lounge area), on the first floor of the main facade of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Catherine of Alexandria with crown, sword, book and wheel, from the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi, detail, from the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art Nouveau doors at the entrance to the Rehearsal Room of the Orfeo Catala choral society, where the foundation stone of the building was laid, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, which illuminates the Concert Hall at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The skylight resembles an orange sun in a blue sky, surrounded by a choir of young women. The stained glass windows and skylight mean that no artificial lighting is needed in the Concert Hall during the day. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seats and boxes on the second floor balcony in the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by stained glass windows with a garland design and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, seen from the second floor balcony, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and the huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, seen from the second floor balcony, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The huge arch in front of the stage was sculpted by Didac Masana and Pau Gargallo, and around the stage are figures of the muses sculpted by Eusebi Arnau with mosaic work by Lluis Bru. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, and the Retaule del Conestable, altarpiece of the Epiphany, 1465, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, commissioned by catalan king Pere IV, in catalan Gothic style, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and polychrome wooden coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window in red and gold, the colours of the catalan flag, detail, above the main staircase leading from the ground floor vestibule to the main living areas on the first floor, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The ground floor houses the entrance and coachhouse where the doormen and coachmen worked. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Ordal, a Catalan Modernist house built 1894 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, and Francesc Berenguer, 1866-1914, on the Plaza Anselm Clave at Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in Josep Batllo's study, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of the high altar dedicated to St John the Baptist, made late 16th and early 17th century in Renaissance style by C Perret from Burgundy, in the choir of Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The central niche holds a statue of St John the Baptist backed by a catalan flag, and the relief scenes depict scenes from the life of the saint. The altarpiece is carved from alabaster and marble. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catalan Modernist house, built 1890 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, and Francesc Berenguer, 1866-1914, at Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is in Art Deco style and its facade is made from exposed brick, with many perforations to allow light to flow through the building. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stepped facade of the Casa Amatller (left), a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its facade has a ridged cornice and neo-Gothic and Flemish decoration. On the right is the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Espadrille in red and gold, the colours of the catalan flag, for sale at Les Toiles du Soleil, a shop selling traditional catalan artisanal woven cloth, on Place Gambetta, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Sans et Garcerie factory in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, founded in 1897, was bought by Francoise and Henri Quinta and they developed a range of traditional fabrics in bold catalan colours, and sell a range of canvas or fabric by the metre, upholstery fabric, household linen, coated fabrics and table linen. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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