Every year, millions of tourists stop to gaze at an enormous tangle of arches and spires in the centre of Barcelona.
Major work was done on the interior and the spire in the 1890s and on the crypt in the 1970s.
It is also the tallest 14th-century spire, the tallest ashlar masonry spire (as against the openwork spires of Germany and France), and tallest spire in the world that remains from the Medieval period that has not been entirely rebuilt.
In recent years, it has been hidden behind hoardings, letting the pillars, towers and spires elsewhere in the city take all the glory.
The Doctor (Matt Smith), summoned by Amy, is unable to use the TARDIS to save the ship, and instead lands on the planet and discovers that a spire in the centre of a large city is influencing the atmosphere.
Other third-place finishes for the Nitros included Brian Shieh in the 1,600 (4:48), Marcel Grigoryan in the 400 (53.8) and Jung in the 100 (11.25) and 200 (23.97) and Liam Spires in the 3,200 10 500).
They renovated the turreted castle as a residence, with spectacular mock medieval towers and spires added in the late 19th century by architect William Burges, and sold land adjoining it for the creation of a Civic Centre in the early 20th century.
So yeah, one day, like an asshole, I tweeted "someone from Chicago send me a bag of corn from Nuts on Clark," and Spires That in the Sunset Rise did.
Two weeks ago, Ulm, a charming Swabian town on the Danube, was best known for having the tallest church spire in the world and being the birthplace of Albert Einstein.
