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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 ...