June 29: Igualada Cemetery 3

The dénouement of the cemetery exploration.

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The lowest level is the main walk, representing the "river of life" idea if I understand the descriptions correctly, and it is flanked by loculi on both sides.

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The ground there is intriguing, with all these wooden beams and interspersed trees and sculptures.

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A concentration of gabion is to be found at the end of the procession.

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The gabion separates the lower and middle level here as well as bounding the upper edge of the middle level.

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The pool of space at the end of the lower level.

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The top edge of the gabion.

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Even here though, sculpted concrete forms are still to be had.

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The crossed steel pipes at the upper end of the main walk: note that they're wheeled at their bases and pinned to the posts — I bet this is to allow for expansion and contraction without any of the members forcing each other to distort.

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A screened niche next to the lower walk.

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Looking up to the crosses from the screened niche.

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Mysterious steel panels at the lower end of the niche.

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Back inside the large chamber, note the multiple colors of diffuse light on the ground below the opening: secondhand sunlight to the left, bluish sky light to the right.

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Another look inside the endlessly fascinating corner opening of the chamber, with all kinds of light interacting on its surfaces.

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Eventually, after an hour and a half of free exploration, it was time to depart from the cemetery and reenter the normal world of the living.