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Barcelona’s Picasso Museum owns more than four thousand works by the great 20th century artist whose multiple disciplines spanned far more than painting alone. He was also a sculptor, ceramicist, engraver, and stage designer. And, he was a prolific writer from a young age, which forms the basis of the museum’s latest exhibition. Barcelona’s Picasso Museum owns more than four thousand works by the great 20th century artist whose multiple disciplines spanned far more than painting alone. He was also a sculptor, ceramicist, engraver, and stage designer. And, he was a prolific writer from a young age, which forms the basis of the museum’s latest exhibition.

Founded in 1327 by Queen Elisenda de Montcada, the gothic cloister at the Pedralbes Monastery is considered to be the biggest in the world. Elisenda’s ornately carved tomb stands guard at one end of it, and many of its original features have survived intact as a magnificent example of how, with the right synergy, strong architectural features and generous vegetation can exist in complete harmony to create a place of exquisite peace and tranquillity.