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Castellers ~ Fent pinya
Made by MarcelGermain
Barcelona (Catalonia). I'm happy to share my view of this beautiful Catalan tradition. In a human tower, many people work together to build a living monument, to reach for the sky and even touch it... Last Thursday was a beautiful day and we saw some great castells in Barcelona. I hope you find these interesting. In case you've never heard of castellers (castle-builders) here's some info from Wikipedia: Castells (castles) are human towers built traditionally in Catalonia. The tradition of building human towers originated in Valls, near the city of Tarragona, towards the end of the 18th century. A castell is considered a success when stages of its assembling and disassembling can be done in complete succession. The final assemblement occurs when everyone has climbed into their designated places, where the enxaneta, the last person -often a child-, has climbed up to the top, and has raised one hand with four fingers erect, to symbolize the stripes of the Catalan flag. The enxaneta then climbs down to the other side of the castell, where every other person of the castell can then climb down in order from highest to lower parts of the castell to safety. [Adapted from Wikipedia] The pinya is the ground-level base for a castell, often composed of several hundred people.
L'ou Com Balla
Made by Psyvalh
L'ou com balla (literalmente el huevo como baila) es una tradición cuyo origen peninsular se halla en la ciudad de Barcelona, Cataluña (España) que tiene lugar el día de Corpus. Se celebra desde 1588 y consiste en hacer bailar un huevo en los surtidores de las fuentes situadas en claustros, patios o jardines. El cascarón entero de un huevo vacío, se coloca en el surtidor de una fuente de modo que gira sin caerse. Las fuentes se decoran con flores y frutas. Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'ou_com_balla Mas Información y de donde se puede ver hasta mañana: www.adn.es/cultura/20100603/NWS-1173-Barcelona-Lou-doming... A shot explanation in English: Corpus Christi is celebrated in Barcelona with 16th-century tradition L'ou com Balla, translated as dancing egg. Emptied eggshells are perched above the water jets of the city fountains, to give the illusion of them dancing in mid-air. The fountains themselves are decorated beautifully for the occasion, with fragrant flowers in rich reds and pretty pinks. Also look out for the parades of giants and big-headed carnival figures (known as cabezudos) that converge around the cathedral area in the centre of the city.
A Cathedral Interior
Made by Doug Mo (Gone Vagabonding)
I'm back. Had to take a bit of a Flickr break for the holidays, and to recharge after almost thirty days straight of processing images from the Cote Vermeille portion of my trip last November. I think the creative juices are flowing again, so it's onto the processing of my photos from Barcelona. It will take me a while to catch up with everyone's photostreams, but I look forward to seeing what everyone's been up to for the last two weeks or so. Here's the first of my images from a three-day stay in Barcelona. The Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia (also called La Seu) is the Gothic cathedral seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Barcelona, Catalonia (Though sometimes inaccurately so called, the famous Sagrada Família is not a cathedral). The cathedral was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries on top of a former Visigothic church. The Gothic-like façade is from the 19th century. (Cribbed from Wikipedia) My entire Barcelona Travel Set is . (Top Explore Position 267 -- January 10th, 2008)
The Columns of La Seu
Made by Doug Mo (Gone Vagabonding)
Another image from the interior of the Barcelona Cathedral -- showing the vaulting above the cathedral crypt. The cathedral is dedicated to Eulalia of Barcelona, co-patron saint of Barcelona, a young virgin who, according to Catholic tradition, suffered martyrdom during Roman times in Barcelona. One story is that she was exposed naked in the public square and a miraculous snow fall in mid spring covered her nudity. The enraged Romans put her into a barrel with knives stuck into it and rolled it down a street (according to tradition, the one now called 'Baixada de Santa Eulalia'). The body of Saint Eulalia is entombed in the cathedral's crypt. (Cribbed from Wikipedia) My entire Barcelona Travel Set is .
Església de Sant Just i Pastor
Made by Joanpi
HDR CATALUNYA. KEDADA BARCELONA, SABADO 20 Figura entre las más antiguas de la ciudad. Aunque los mártires Justo y Pastor ya eran venerados en el siglo IV, los capiteles, hoy pilas de agua bendita, proceden de una construcción visigótica posterior. Su gótico es del siglo XIV y su planta responde a la Baja Edad Media: nave única, contrafuertes laterales con capillas, ausencia de crucero y cabecera hemicíclica. En tiempos de Ramón Berenguer el Viejo (siglo XI), hizo de catedral mientras se construía la actual. Las reliquias de los santos reposan en una arqueta procedente de la catedral de Narbona, que donó la reina Violante de Hungría, esposa de Jaume I.
Kissed by the sun
Made by XpatScot
Please Thank you to everyone who commented on my previous upload (Put a little sunshine in my life). When I bought myself a Ricoh GRD III last year, I found that it took me right out of my comfort zone.. If you'd like to read more about my attempts to reinvent myself, please click here. BTW: the questions that Itzick, Artc , Rebels, Raul and Rick O'h asked in relation to my last upload, I plan to answer in a subsequent post :)
Passing Through
Made by Phijomo
Famous walkway that bypasses Catedral (La Seu) in the Barri Gótic district in Barcelona. Waited for almost 2h that morning for really nice light that never came. Some shadow of the woman walking through the alley is noticable, but apparently at other times of the year, this alley really gets illuminated in the morning. Single RAW exposure. Level adjustments in Photoshop CS3. 12 May 2009: Moved to the Top of My Stream. I apologize for my absence the past month or so. I do still have a ton of photos to post from Japan and Redwood NP/San Fransisco, but I've been busy trying to finish graduate school and get a job. Yikes!
El Born
Made by bettyfromtexas
El Born is a trendy little area in Barcelona, filled with interesting restaurants and shops, and a beautiful light airiness. It was a pretty dramatic contrast to the neighboring Barri Gòtic, all mysterious and moody, where we had spent the afternoon. We had just finished dinner at Taller Tapas (Tapas Workshop), when we decided to have a seat on some shallow stairs to do some people watching. I was struck by the light and colors in the view . . . this woman serendipitously moved into the frame as I snapped the photo. She harmonized perfectly! Watercolor in my Barcelona moleskine.
Guerra y paz
Made by Robertfoto
Plaza San Felip Neri, Explore#119 El 30 de enero de 1938 en plena guerra civil española, una bomba de la aviación franquista cayó en esta plaza matando a 42 personas, en las paredes se puede observar todavía la metralla. De esas 42 personas la mitad eran niños January 30 1938, in full Spanish civil war, a bomb of the Franco aviation fell down in this place killing 42 persons, in the wall it is possible to observe still the grapeshot. Of these 42 persons the half they were children Mejor en
Original Bench Castellers Edition
Made by Marianna Di Ferdinando
+ 6 in comments A castell is a human tower built traditionally in festivals at many locations within Catalonia. At these festivals, several colles castelleres or teams often succeed in building and dismounting a tower's structure. I Love this tradition In this picture the Minyons de Terrassa ¡¡¡Happy Original Bench!!! P.S_As many of you asked me, here are the pics a little bit bigger! (Sorry I tried to avoid ~ where possible~ the big heads but I could not, I am very small!
Diada Castellera - Mercè 2011
Made by vitometodio
Minyons de Terrassa - Castellers de Vilafranca - Castellers de Barcelona Plaça de Sant Jaume, 25 de septiembre de 2011 Los castells, castillos, son una manifestación cultural propia de Catalunya que consiste en levantar construcciones humanas. Los orígenes de esta tradición se remontan a finales del siglo XVIII en Valls , cuando las cuadrillas, colles, empezaron a rivalizar en la construcción de diferentes tipos de estructuras humanas, como las que hoy conocemos.
365.248
Made by Marianna Di Ferdinando
In the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, hidden among the narrow streets, is located one of my favorite places: San Felipe Neri Square. On the facade of the church can still be seen the signs of the shrapnel impacts due to one of several bombings that took place during the Spanish Civil War. On January 30, 1938 dropped a bomb that caused the collapse of the underground part of the Church of Sant Felip Neri, killing 42 civilians, including 20 children who took refuge here...
Montjüic del bisbe
Made by Robertfoto
Estrecha y poco transitada calle, antiguo camino al cementerio de Montjuïc del Bisbe hoy Plaça Sant Felip Neri. Una de mis calles favoritas El Call, una palabra que se usaba en catalán para designar una calle estrecha y que es similar a la que se usa en hebreo para designar a la comunidad de creyentes (kahal). El Barrio alrededor de la actual catedral, El Call Mayor, el Call Menor, lleno de calles con historia de la Barcelona Judía.
Carrer del Bisbe
Made by Doug Mo (Gone Vagabonding)
The Carrer del Bisbe is one of the oldest (and most photographed) roadways in the Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter) of Barcelona. Running alongside the Cathedral and the site of the ancient city walls, buildings along the Place de la Seu end of the Carrer del Bisbe still incorporate parts of the old Roman walls. 2exp Handheld HDRI My entire Barcelona Travel Set is (Top Explore Position 2 -- April 3rd, 2008)
The cherub's secret / Il segreto
Made by juli_modul
Explorer : Highest position #34 on Saturday, March 29, 2008 Just a little joke - tribute to my friend Solo una piccola battuta - omaggio per il mio amico Una petita broma-homenatge al meu amic D. Cherubini amb el que vaig tenir el plaer de compartir unes hores de fotografia i amistat per Barcelona
Curiosity
Made by StyleBcn (off)
During the demonstration of yesterday, lots of people walking down Via Laietana against the corruption of the State and Banking institutions - Barcelona Some spectators were so curious about the reasons of the demonstration, especially tourists. Press L and F11 to view large on black- recommended
Geometrias
Made by Jorge Lizana
Si os digo que dentro mismo de este edificio podemos encontrar un vestigio importante del pasado romano de Barcelona no parece verdad, pero lo es, aqui se encuentran las columnas que aun quedan en pie del templo de Augusto. Paseo con los amigos de por el casco antiguo de Barcelona.
Trabucaires al Palau de la Generalitat
Made by Navard
Seleccionada en el concurso FOTOMERCÈ 2008. Formará parte de la exposición que se llevará a cabo durante Mercè 2009 (Palau de la Virreina), y será publicada en el catálogo correspondiente. Front Page on Explore Highest position: 9 on Monday, November 24, 2008
in the name of love......
Made by Sentido Photography
todos hemos tenido nuestro primer amor, tan inexpertos, tan jovenes en este mundo de corazones rotos........ Pride (in the name of love): www.goear.com/listen/26aa040/Pride-(In-the-name-of-love)-U2
Barcelona Retro Love
Made by Marianna Di Ferdinando
Today's images through the streets of the City who stole my heart! ¡Barcelona t'estimo molt! Created with
