From the balcony we can see the port coming up and we are due down in the lobbie at 7.30am for a tour of the town centre. Sandy has arranged a tour of the Goudy architecture and wow what an eye opener that has been. Need too get a book on Goudy so I can read up more about his life and his buildings.
We went past several for his building in the town centre and they are all so colourful and fluid, his outlook was that there is not straight lines in nature so why have them in architecture. They were all so whimsical one with balcony that looked like masks from at a ball in Venice. Very wacky and I loved it.
He was born in 1852 and died in 1926 so never really saw his church more than just a shell.
His life's long work was the church that was only made into a Basicilla in 2010 by the pope. Today it is still under construction and is hoped to be finished by 2026 a century after his death. Words just can't describe it, it's huge with several turrets some still under construction with the base being gothic, with carved stone walls of biblical scenes and sitting on top colourful mosaic of bunches of fruit.
Inside is vast with modern looking colourful stained glass windows but all designed by Goudy himself, a big must see.
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