Gaudí's Sagrada Família has just become the world's tallest church, but after three visits to Barcelona the author suspects Art Nouveau should stay an accent, not a whole city.
The Sagrada Família took 144 years to build, and its main spire topped out this February, making it the world's tallest church. But when the author visited the Hospital de Sant Pau, he found the most ornate pavilion was not a ward but the administration building.
He was bored within half an hour: the more ornament, the more cognitive load, and what he liked best in the end were the orange trees.
My own feeling is that one gloriously weird building is plenty. A whole city like this would make me want to move.
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