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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Five Gardens of Spain"

Roundup

6-4-06

Gaudi's Parc Guell [audio 15min]

A series celebrating visionary gardens of the world. 2/5. Susan Marling travels to Barcelona to explore the wild, surreal Parc Guell that the architect Gaudi made as a monument to Catalan nationalism. She tells the real story of the garden.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Five Gardens of Spain"