The Architect · Lucía · Barcelona
El Born — Carrer del Rec to Fossar de les
I've spent more dawn hours here than anywhere. The light cuts into these lanes at angles you can't predict — and when it hits the ochre plaster, it goes gold.
Barcelona's most photographically dense medieval quarter. The narrow lanes between Carrer del Rec and the church square are a study in shadow and stone.
— Lucía, The Architect
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