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A hint of pickled vegetable

Torre Agbar, Barcelona, June 2019

The Torre Agbar, or Torre Glories, always reminds me of London’s Gherkin from the distance. Its design is said to have been inspired by a water geyser and mountains, not vegetables. It has, of course, acquired a few nicknames, all more phallic than pickled.

 


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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 October 2019

Posted as part of October Squares

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  1. For me the associations are more martial than anything else, it looks like a bomb (literally, not figuratively) – an impression intensified through the angle of your photo.

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