Readers,
RE: Catalonia: The turn of events:
I wanted to let you in on how Catalonia...' came about. I originally wanted to write about Parc Guell; the history and the meanings to all the different layers of architecture. After I read many many pages, and asked alot of people about Parc Guell I came across information regarding the demolishing of the walls surrounding Barcelona. I, at the time of my writing on Parc Guell, was naive to this. I did not know this had happened so of course, I wanted to know more about why the walls were up in the first place. Soon as I gained information regarding one event, I was brought into another historical event. I learnt about the Roman Empire, and their approach regarding building roads and so on. So. I sat down, looked at the screen, then looked at all my notes in my notebook and thought...lets go back as far as I can; Phoenician Era.
I wanted to understand the difficulties Catalonia has had to go through, the ups and downs, and glorify them. (I deeply enjoyed my reading upon Ildefons Cerda, but I wanted to save all my research for his deserved individual attention, in which I shall be writing about in the upcoming months.) Antoni Gaudi is a great passion of mine, which you readers will know by now, so the decision to delve deep into Parc Guell, one of his notorious hotspots, was a must.
When I began to write all this, I knew it would take a long time to complete, and it did. I have being ill since last October due to lung and rib problems so some days were harder to focus than others. However, I did not quit. I was not sure on how to place all my writing on my Blog without it looking like a never-ending-novel, I did not want to bore you, the readers, with a 32-page project so, I have sectioned it into 3 sections, allowing you to decide what section, if not all, you wish to read and learn about.
Thank you for your patience. Three months I have focused on this.
I am currently researching Federico Garcia Lorca, this shall my next post.
I am interested in learning more on Catalan Identity
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