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Works of Antoni Gaudí
Seven buildings built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) in or near Barcelona bear witness to his outstanding creative contribution to the development of architecture and building techniques in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These buildings represent an eclectic and very personal style, which was given free rein in terms of gardens, sculptures and all the decorative arts, as well as architectural design. The seven buildings are: Park Güell; Palau Güell; Casa Milà; Casa Vicens; Gaudí's work on the Nativity façade and crypt of the Sagrada Família; Casa Batlló; and the crypt of the Colonia Güell.
Tianjin Shijia Courtyard (Tianjin Yangliuqing Museum)
Shi Family Courtyard is located in the center of Yangliuqing, a thousand-year-old town, on the bank of the South Canal where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through Tianjin. It was originally the residence of Shi Yuanshi, one of the Eight Great Families of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty. The Shi family was originally from Shandong. After their ancestors made their fortune in the grain transport industry, they settled in Yangliuqing during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In the third year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1823), the Shi family divided their property into four main gates, namely Fushan Hall, Zhenglian Hall, Tianxi Hall, and Zunmei Hall. Each gate has a large-scale building. The current Shi Family Courtyard is the only remaining "Zunmei Hall" mansion, which was once known as "the first family in Tianjin" and "the first house in North China".