This is Fernando Botero Angulo's "Gat", Catalan for cat, in the Raval area of Barcelona. El Raval, from the arabic ar-rabad, outside the walls, where I also took the Heaven and Hell photos, was a former belt of garden plots. In the 18th century, it turned into Barcelona's working class district.Mostly slums.
It still has quite a bad reputation, drugs, prostitution. As the rents there are low, the Raval is nowadays populated mainly by immigrants. It is also known as Barri Xino, or Chinatown.
The city tries to clean the area, and it is actually up and coming. It hosts amongst other things the MACBA, Museum of Contemporaneous Art of Barcelona.
And also what might well be the biggest and roundest smiling cat in the world!
15 people made us smile:
J'aime beaucoup Botero. Ses personnages tout en rondeur. Je ne connaissais pas son chat!
How big is it?
That's a big cat! Love the whiskers and it looks like he has a bell around his neck. He also seems to be smiling!
It is really huge and nice:) Great shot!
That's one big cat!
Sunny :)
That is one cool cat! Is it bronze?
I like Botero
I love it!
I'm scared of cats but I like this one!
Meow? Yeow! A really fat cat. Probably headed for Wall Street!
tee-hee. este un gato muchissimo grande! :-)
the place doesn't look scary though
like the fat cat!
Can you imagine how loud his purr would be?
I like your photo and I enjoy your commentry - very educational. Thank you. :)
I know this cat, but I saw it in a bit more upscale district: there is another copy of this fat cat in New York City, just off Park Avenue at 79th Street.
Hee hee! Fatty Kitty!
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