A Madrid museum where the blind can feel the world's wonders


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A visually impaired visitor gets up close to a model of the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona at Typhlological Museum in Madrid. Photo: AFP

With their fingertips, Marina and Jose Pedro pored over a small-scale model of Spain’s Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, in an exhibition which allows the blind to discover some of the world’s best-known monuments.

“There are just so many tiny details! And what a strange roof,” enthused Jose Pedro Gonzalez as he explored the wooden replica of Gaudi’s spectacular basilica.

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