Hill of Three Crosses, Parc Guell, Barcelona, Catalunha.

            In the place where the chapel would have been located, on top of the hill, Gaudí built a monument in the form of Calvary with three crosses. Inspired by the discovery of some prehistoric caves in the park –where fossil remains were found that were studied by Norbert Font i Sagué–, Gaudí conceived the Calvary as a megalithic monument, in the manner of the talayotes of Balearic prehistory.

The monument has a circular plan and two stair ramps, on which the three crosses are located and from which there is a magnificent panoramic view of Barcelona. There are two lower crosses and a higher one, that of Jesus; one of the crosses ends in the shape of an arrow. The orientation of the crosses indicates the four cardinal points and the one that ends in an arrow points towards the sky, which causes speculation about their meaning. The crosses were destroyed in 1936, during the Civil War, and rebuilt in 1939.

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Taken in: España / Catalunya / Barcelona / Gracia (show map)

Taken on: January 23, 2010

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