![]() ![]() He tried to fight for his vision, but to no avail. ![]() Worse than that, for Rubió i Bellver, it was harshly criticized by the inner circles of Barcelona’s architects and was even mocked in a satirical magazine, L’ Esquella de la Torratxa. His idea was to tear down any non-gothic building in the vicinity and add new elements in that style, on which he would include ornamental adornments. In 1927, Joan Rubió i Bellver, a protégé of Antoni Gaudí, presented a rehabilitation project for the area surrounding Mont Tàber - a hill located in the Gothic Quarter, barely perceptible now due to the buildings in the area, with its summit lying just outside the entrance to the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya, or Excursionist Center of Catalonia. Is the skull cursed? We’re starting to think so!)Īll of these hypotheses are urban legend, however. Maybe the skull is trying to keep its secrets hidden! (Coincidentally, while marveling at the fact that none of her photos came out completely focused, the photo she’s chosen to use for this story happened to be photo number 6666. Whenever a person tries to capture a photo of it, the skull will not permit your photos to be 100 percent in focus, try as you might - everything else in your photo will be, only the skull will be blurred. Our photographer, Isa, has a theory of her own after photographing it. People even suggest that the skull is not made of stone but is actually authentic. There are also two opposing claims related to what happens when you look at the skull while passing under the bridge: the darker claim is that this results in you being cursed, the more cheerful one is that walking backwards under the bridge while looking at the skull and making a wish results in your wish being granted. Some say that the souls of dead prisoners parade by underneath it. Some say that if the dagger is ever removed, the city will crumble to the ground. With the passage of time, many theories have been invented to explain its presence. It’s an eerie discovery to make, and it will more than likely make you wonder what it’s doing there. Looking down at passersby, from beneath the bridge, is a human skull with a dagger piercing right through it, from the crown down to the mouth. Many of you reading will likely have already passed beneath this neo-gothic bridge, but how many of you have ever looked up at the bottom of it to discover one of Barcelona’s unsolved mysteries? Recently, we did a piece on the Pont del Carrer del Bisbe, one of the most photographed spots in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. ![]()
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