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Special exhibitions mark 150-year legacy of Spanish architect.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| April 01, 2002 | Wooldridge, Jane | COPYRIGHT 2002 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BARCELONA, Spain _ His legacy towers over this Spanish port city like Oz's Emerald Palace. For visitors and locals alike, architect Antoni Gaudi's century-old, ever-under-construction Sagrada Familia church is the very symbol of Barcelona.

So it's only fitting that the city has proclaimed this year, the 150th anniversary of his birth, as the Year of Gaudi.

To honor Gaudi, museums around Barcelona are staging special exhibitions highlighting his influence. One spotlights his use of ceramics (a cheerful way to decorate the flourishes atop many of his buildings, plus easily cleaned by rain!). Another explores the relationship between Gaudi and his Catalan ...

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