Barcelona Impressions

Catalan flags often flew from balconies during the summer of 2018 and, together with language, political fliers, and a chance encounter with Barcelona giant puppets, provided an immersive experience of Catalan identity. The toy replica of a human tower in the lower right is a castell, Catalan for castle. Towers by Modernist architects Julio Maria Fossas Martínez and Miquel Martorell i Rius are juxtaposed with multiple instances of Antoni Gaudi’s architecture.