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Details
Nothing was just tiles with just one color or plain. Just about everything deserved a close look because it had a design.
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So much work!
I can't imagine tiling so much stuff! I tried to mosaic tile a bird bath one time and it was too much work for me!
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So much tile!
You can see how big it is from the thrid floor and there's still more behind us and low along the street beyond that can't be seen…
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Third floor
Flower lady!
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Mermaid!
You can also see the eyes in the building behind her.
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Second floor
The view from the second floor overlooking the neighborhood.
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Contributions
If you didn't want to buy anything but still wanted to contribute to the neighborjood, You could give to the fisherman here.
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So big!
Just in Fuster's area there were 3 floors and every bit was tiled with mosaics!
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Pool!
Thee was even a pool!
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So much!
There was so much to look at. We definitely didn't have enough time there.
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Influences
They said his major influence, if you couldn't tell, is Gaudi. He has also been likened to Picasso.
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Neighborhood miracle
In English it says, "It runs the neighborhood in to a miracle."
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El Triunfo
The arch says "The Triumph."
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Cactus
I don't know why, I just liked the cactus.
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Fusterlandia!
Cuban artist Cuban artist José Fuster moved in to a house in Jaimanitas. He decorated his studio in colorful mosaic tiles. When he…
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Maternity hospital
I just love the architecture!
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Back on the bus!
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Worshippers
There were several people there, asking for prayers, while our guide was telling us La Milagrosa's tale. Everyone left flowers, pr…
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La Milagrosa (The Miraculous One)
Señora Amelia Goyri died while giving birth on May 3, 1901. For many years after her death, her heartbroken husband visited the gr…
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More tombs
The tombs that were replicas of their houses were really neat!
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Pretty
It was quite pretty and sad, of course. Also, interesting. I really didn't know there was so much symbolism in cemeteries. Our gui…