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The Bathhouse building (Lazienki In Polish) was a part of Lubomirski palace complex in Ujazdow and should originally serve as a name sugest as a bathhouse. In 1764 King Stanislaw August future king of Poland acquired Ujazdow estate and after the election decided to convert the bathing pavilion into the kings summer residence. It became a place to exhibit the royal collection of paintings from the 17th and the 18th century, as well as sculptures. The Bathhouse is situated in the beautiful park called also Lazinki in the middle of Warsaw.
For more info check http://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/en,The-Palace-on-the-Isle.
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Las Arenas de Barcelona built in 1900 was a place hosting traditional famous Spanish sport of bullfighting till 1977. In 2011 the building was totally transformed by architect Richard Rogers into the modern shopping mall with cinemas, restaurants and cafes to enjoy. From the roof of the building the visitors can admire 360 degree view of the city.
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In 1898 Eusebi Guell, a leading industrialist commissioned the architect Antoni Gaudi to design a church for the textile estate that he founded in the municipality of Santa Coloma de Cervello in 1890. In 1908 building work began and took time till 1914 when the Guell family informed Gaudi that it would no longer fund the works and Gaudi abandoned the project. The ambitious project, which foresaw two naves, an upper and a lower, to be completed with various lateral turrets and a central dome 40 meters high, remained unfinished. The church represents a high point in Gaudis work. For the first time, almost all of his architectural innovations are combined in this building.
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