Spain’s Architecture and Museums – An Inimitable Journey to Spain’s Legacy

Posted on November 22, 2009
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Spain is indeed a remarkable place to spend your vacation, especially if it’s your first time to travel abroad. The architectural landscape of Spain is a mixture of old and new buildings, even the older buildings are so well-preserved that they still serve as major tourist locations until the present day. Museums in Spain are considered as part of the most impressive collections in the world and the Spaniards are very much lucky to have such great pieces in their country.

Before you move on to other tasks, though, make sure that you are properly prepared for your trip; Spain is also known for the friendly, fun-loving locals but it’s good to have a few words worked out for yourself before you leave. Another thing that Spain takes pride in is the use of their language, so if you are planning on talking to them, it would be very advantageous for you to speak to them in their own local language; you can easily learn the Spanish language and their culture by checking out Rocket Spanish in the internet, the basic lessons they give are free and it covers both cultural lessons and Spanish language. Rocket Spanish or Bust is an excellent tool that can aid you in learning to speak Spanish.

One of the much talked about buildings in Spain is the Temple Expiatory de la Sagrada Familia, situated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; designed by Antoni Gaudi, a Spanish architect that committed fifteen years of his life in undertaking the task ofdesigning and constructing this massive building. This church is to be considered an architectural gem which is very note worthy both in terms of its form and of its colorful and rolling history. This opulent church of de la Sagrada Familia is quite unique in that Gaudi really gave a garbled account of his talents over this, dedicating fifteen years of his life in making this church unique and magnificent; his aim is to give rise to recognizing the Temple Expiatory de la Sagrada Familia the greatest sanctuary of Christendom.

The de la Sagrada Familia church’s construction started way back in 1882, but the over all plan is so intricate and difficult that the construction is still underway and it is anticipated to be completed by 2026. Situated in the minor municipality of Briones, between Madrid and Bilbao, the five storey building of twenty seven thousand square feet houses wine cups and bowls from the iron age, and Greek, Roman and Egyptian drinking medium which is related to be centuries before Christ. The Museum of Wine Culture can be located at Briones, a place near Madrid; this house of wine is five floors high and is filled with artifacts like wine cups and bowls from assorted cultures and of different years, with some way back centuries before Christ.

There are a few other amazing structures in Spain, one of which is the Museo del Prado which is one of the most visited structures in Europe because of the numerous quantity of impressive artworks done by many experienced and talented painters. The museum also has a huge assembly of other things like five thousand drawings, two thousand prints, a thousand coins and medals, and more than seven hundred sculpture creations. Not to mention, that it also has a collection of rarecoins and medals, as well as rare sculptures and wide variety of prints and drawings and so much more.

Spain is an idyllic holiday location for people of all ages because of the myriad of things that you can do there. It would also be ideal if you will be guided by natives about interesting places to visit and what the places mean to them now contrary to how it was many years before.