[Infrastructure] Rose kissed Barcelona

Many years later, people in Barcelona recalled the grand occasion of the 1879 World Expo and the World Games, and they still talk about it.

In seven months, more than 300 million tourists came to Barcelona and left their footprints here.

From spring to summer and then to autumn, the streets and alleys of this city are full of guests wearing various costumes and speaking different languages.

The sunshine on the Mediterranean Sea is particularly bright this year, and the blue tide brings fleets of rare and precious treasures from all over the world, and sees satisfied people board the boats and leave this incredible city.

The most lively focus is none other than Montjuic.

This hill in the southeast corner of Barcelona has attracted the attention of the world.

No one would have imagined that the vast and magnificent Expo site, which is full of people and voices, once housed castles that were used as prisons, forts, and hanging grounds.

A tree-lined land that was once reduced to ashes in an all-consuming fire.

The hilltop castle, which was razed to the ground by deafening artillery fire, has a new look.

Today, the World Expo has turned Montjuïc Mountain into a resort where civilizations converge, building open avenues, competing with each other in the International Pavilion, a park full of flowers, and a giant stadium that witnesses all the passion.

Starting from Plaza de España at the foot of the mountain, where guests from all over the world are welcomed, you can choose to take a fast tram, or you can choose to climb up to the top of the mountain along the wide steps of the spacious square.

Passing through the tourist-filled Expo Garden, and through the secluded park facing the sun, you will find a bright green lawn, and you can see white crosses from afar.

Each cross is made of white marble, engraved with names, dates of birth and death, and an epitaph.

Those were the people who died defending the city during the siege of Barcelona in 1874.

In the open grass, the white stone monuments lined up are bathed in the golden sunlight, surrounded by green grass blowing in the wind and a sea of ​​colorful flowers.

Uncle Poop for Christmas is placed on a child's tombstone, a blue forget-me-not garland is hung on a girl's tombstone, and a scarred helmet is placed on a shot dead soldier's tombstone.

More flowers - beautifully wrapped bouquets, wildflowers on stems, clusters of bluebells and pansies, soaking up the meadow in fragrant flowers.

People in Barcelona like to come here for walks and picnics. The sun is gentle and the breeze is blowing. From here, you can overlook the city full of flowers and the endless blue sea.

However, walking through the grass, passing through the shade of the trees, you arrive at the most lively place on Montjuic at the moment - the Barcelona Palace at the highest point on the top of the mountain.

This dreamlike nebula palace perched atop a hill is the largest ever completed by the architect Gaudí.

It was not until the opening of the World Expo that it opened its arms to the world for the first time.

The newspapers in Barcelona wrote about it with excitement.

"As we all know, this palace belongs to our dear Royal Highness Princess Rose, but the princess allowed the palace to be loaned free of charge for this Universal Exposition just like she generously donated Montjuïc to the city of Barcelona."

"Thus, we are able to glimpse the unparalleled design of this palace - which is as beautiful in itself as the more than [-] works of art currently on display inside."

The theme of the Expo is "Pulse of the City: Art and Industry".

The exhibition at the Palazzo de Barcelona focuses on the history of art, featuring paintings, sculptures, photography and other works of art by thousands of artists and museums from all over Spain.

Unsurprisingly, it became the most popular pavilion at the expo.

The most popular among them is the Impressionism exhibition hall.

This genre that has just emerged in the art world in recent years has aroused the curiosity of people from all over the world. There are crowds of people pouring in every day. The exhibition organizing committee had to adopt a way of limiting the flow to avoid being too enthusiastic of visitors damage the works in the exhibition hall.

Visitors entering the Palazzo de Barcelona appreciate the paintings as well as the building itself.

Hyperbola, parabola, helix and ellipse blend seamlessly with each other—this palace seems to be like the designer's widely circulated phrase "straight lines belong to humans, curves belong to God", and there is no straight line.

The wavy floating walls gradually change from deep purple and azure blue to sunset red, and the spiraling stairs are like solidified ripples. The sunlight slides down on the curved wall outlined by the silver flying wires. It seems that every inch of the building’s texture is dance.

Numerous paintings hang high and low on the wall, just like the radiant stars in this slowly flowing Milky Way.

This is the best footnote to the brilliance of the stars.

However, neither the owner nor the designer of the palace came here to join in the fun at this time.

They carefully lowered the brims of their hats and blended in with the crowd visiting the Expo site on the mountainside.

"It's unbelievable." Antonio sighed, and quickly sketched lines in his sketchbook, "The oldest bridge in the world! Look at this perfect arch. The bridge was built by vertical juxtaposition more than 3000 years ago. of stability."

Joey nodded patiently: "Yes, it's called Zhaozhou Bridge. Let's go to the next one..."

"And this!" Antonio's eyes lit up, "This is the patio? It's a kind of indoor garden design...People can also see the sky inside the building, and they can also collect rainwater, enhance ventilation, and adjust the indoor temperature. It's just wonderful. Indescribable. I have already figured out how to use this structure in my next building..."

"Ah." Joey couldn't help laughing when he thought of something.

She had seen this structure—in another timeline, Antonio had learned about Chinese architectural traditions from his friend, a sinologist, and incorporated them into his design style.

Now, he's probably going to be affected even more.

"Let me draw this too..." Antonio seemed eager to draw all the pictures and models of the building in the exhibition hall, "The wooden structure is symmetrical and round, especially the design that is perfectly combined with nature."

He shot her a quick glance. "Joy, I'm so jealous of you, from such a splendid and great civilization."

"I also think I'm worthy of envy." Joey said with a smile.

Antonio was full of interest in the architectural exhibitions in the China Pavilion, and she was so proud that she consciously took on the role of a commentator.

However, when he spent most of the day here unconsciously without moving a step, other visitors began to complain that they had always occupied the best viewing position, and Joey's social fear finally broke out.

"Come on, Antonio," she tugged at his sleeve, "you're going to fade these models. Are you going to live here?"

"Good idea." Antonio replied very seriously, "You know, the Chinese, Western and Arabic architectural systems are the three most important architectural systems in the world. This is an endless treasure house..."*

"Okay, okay, you are so interested, I will tell you every day when I go back." Seeing that the person in charge of the exhibition hall began to look at them with strange eyes, Joey finally dragged him away unbearably.

"It's a deal, don't break your promise." Antonio reluctantly said.

"Come on, let's go." Joey pulled him and didn't go far, when he stopped suddenly.

She leaned close to his ear mysteriously, "Antonio, do me a favor."

Antonio raised an eyebrow.

For some reason, he always had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, Joey lowered his voice the next moment and said, "Smash that bottle of wine."

Antonio:"……?"

He looked in the direction she indicated.

On the low table are many simple earthen pots with red paper tied on the mouth of the pots, making the brown and black pots look gray.

This is probably a booth for wine, but compared with fine wine, champagne and sherry, this kind of wine is really unattractive, and there are very few tourists stopping here.

"Quick, smash it." Joey urged again.

Antonio looked at her as if he had seen a ghost, but saw a sly and proud light shining in it.

... Well, although he didn't understand it, she always had a point.

So, more than ten seconds later, with an exclamation, the sound of crackling clay pots resounded through the Palace of Nations, followed by an astonishingly rich aroma of wine.

"My God, what kind of wine is this? This is too fragrant!"

"Where? Where?"

When the two walked through the crowd with their necks hunched and left, almost everyone was looking around, looking for the source of the smell of wine.

As soon as you come out from the exit on the side of the Palais des Nations, you will find the newly built swimming pool.

The lively crowd came in and out, and there was a sign at the door: "Today's game: diving."

Before Antonio could ask what happened just now, he was happily pulled into the auditorium of the swimming pool by Joey.

"What's so interesting about diving?" He asked suspiciously.

"Just wait and see!" Joey replied proudly.

Under her personal intervention, the games include track and field, swimming, diving, equestrian, rowing, weightlifting, boxing, shooting, archery, gymnastics, fencing and football - but football alone is the main event of the World Football Championship. The project will be held at the same time as the sports meeting.

During the preparation process, Joey accidentally discovered that the formulation of rules is really a big project.

For example, in the competition manual sent to her, weightlifting and boxing are not divided into weight classes. Whether it is a giant man of [-] pounds or a lean player, they all compete together.

Swimming is only divided into distances, not strokes. You can imagine how lively a pool of water will be when breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle and dog paddle appear at the same time in the same pool...

Joey: "...Isn't that okay?"

Just like it started from the Big Bang, everything starts from chaos.

In her spare time, she roughly sorted out the possible problems in the rules according to her own impression, and gave feedback to the competition organizing committee.

After that, there was not much interference.

After all, it is really just getting started, so we can't ask too much, and we need to consider people's acceptance and event organization ability.

Freestyle and dog padding would probably be fun too... huh?

At this time, several players were doing warm-up exercises by the pool, and one player walked to the diving platform by the pool according to the instructions of the starter.

Joey looked at the diving platform, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

Diving was added to the swimming category in the later stages of preparation, and she did not participate in the formulation of the rules.

But is this diving platform two meters high?

What can you do with such a short platform?

While she was thinking, the athlete was already standing on the edge of the platform.

He squatted down, swinging his strong arms behind him, as if he was accumulating strength for his jump.

Joey was even more confused.

This posture...how does it look like preparing for a standing long jump?

With a bang, the athlete leaps high—without doing anything—and crashes into the pool.

"Long live!" There were deafening cheers from the audience.

"Win win win! He jumped the farthest!"

"When he took off, I knew he could do it!"

Amid the cheers and shouts, Joey was stunned to figure out the rules of diving.

——Stand on the diving platform, do not make any movements, and see who can jump the farthest.

"The diving competition is really interesting." On the way home, Antonio teased her.

"..." Joey was in a trance.

"Is it such a big blow?" Antonio looked at her face, "You look like you jumped into the water yourself."

Joey shot him a sad look.

She felt cheated on her feelings.

The joys and sorrows of human beings are not interlinked. People who dived 100 years ago jumped farther than anyone else.

Back at the Fernandez House, before they entered the living room, they saw Pascal with a troubled expression on his face, as if trying to dissuade a man with a mustache.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Benz, Her Royal Highness has clearly stated that she is not interested in perpetual motion machines and will not consider investing..."

The man suddenly jumped up as if he had been insulted: "No! The machine I invented is really not a perpetual motion machine! It's an engine!"

"Ah, Your Highness!" Seeing the two people walking in, Pascal seemed to have seen a savior, "This gentleman has an invention, but the company's financial situation is not good, and he is seeking investment..."

"Mr. Benz?" Joey smiled routinely, "Can you introduce the engine you designed?"

In the past year, there have been hundreds of strange inventors who came to her. It was exhausting, so that even Pascal knew that she had no interest in perpetual motion machines.

However, the engine?Maybe it's interesting.

"Your Royal Highness!" Interestingly, Benz became excited as if seeing a savior, "I believe you will definitely see the value of my invention. Combusting gas can drive machinery!"

"Ah," Joey was taken aback, "...internal combustion engine?"

"Yes!" Benz's eyes lit up immediately, as if he had seen a great hope, "Using gas as fuel, the gas expands to push the piston to do work, and convert the heat energy generated by combustion into kinetic energy. You can move yourself!"

It took Joey a few seconds to get all the messy thoughts out of his head.

"So," she said, slowing down in disbelief, "you are Mr. Karl Benz, the founder of the Mercedes-Benz company?"

The author has something to say: the internal combustion engine is here, will the car be far behind?

About Karl Benz and internal combustion engine vehicles: Benz and Mercedes-Benz are actually the same word Benz, and the translation method is different for the name of the person and the name of the brand.Karl Benz, known as the "Father of the Automobile", founded the Benz Iron Foundry and Machinery Factory in 1872. When the company was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1879, he invented the first single-cylinder gas engine, but this engine did not change the company's history. economic woes.He did not give up. After years of hard work, he successfully developed a single-cylinder gasoline engine in 1886, invented the first tricycle without horses, and obtained the "patent for automobile manufacturing".This day is confirmed as the birthday of the car.

*Quote from Gaudí.

Gaudí was indeed influenced by Chinese architectural style in his design. His initial understanding mainly came from a classmate, Toda, who later served as a diplomat at the Spanish Embassy in China and became a famous Spanish sinologist. Less research papers and books.

The earliest Olympic diving competition is really jumping farther than anyone hhhhh the picture is too beautiful to think about orz

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