Origin

PURCHASE BOOK

The location for the majority of the story in Origin is Spain. Bilbao, Barcelona, and Madrid are the focus. Other story lines take place in Budapest, Hungary. I included maps for reference.

Prologue:

Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey near Barcelona, Spain

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Chapter 1

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

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Puppy, Jeff Koons

Rubin’s Vase optical illusion

Disney Concert Hall in Los Angelos, BMW World in Munich

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, with fog installation by Fujiko Nakaya and a part of the La Salve bridge. Photo: Phillip Maiwald/Wikipedia

Chapter 2

Palm Tattoo:

Chapter 3:

Back at the Guggenheim…

Aetheist symbol:

In case you were wondering the same thing:

Atheism is about belief or what you don’t believe. Agnosticism isabout what you don’t know. An atheist doesn’t believe in any gods. An agnostic doesn’t know if any gods exist or not.

The Difference Between Atheists and Agnostics, Aug 3, 2017, https://www.thoughtco.com/atheist-vs-agnostic-whats-the-difference-248040

Chapter 5

Budapest, Hungary.

Dohány Street Synagogue

Emanuel Tree Holocaust Memorial (also known as the Tree of Life) in the garden of Dohany Street Synagogue.

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Chapter 6-8

Yves Klein, installation at the Guggenheim

Yves Klein. Leap into the Void

Yves Klein. Leap into the Void (Saut dans le vide), 1960. Photograph by Shunk-Kender (Harry Shunk and János Kender). Gelatin silver print. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.

Maman by Louise Bourgeois, photo: Naeblys/istock

Michelagelo’s David, photo: Jasmina81/istock

Darwin Fish

The Matter of Time, Richard Serra

This photo of Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Chapter 10

Catedral de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain

Royal Palace of Madrid

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Chapter 12–Back at the Guggenheim…

Cai Guo-Qiang, Head On, 2006 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall. Wolves: gauze, resin, and painted hide Deutsche Bank Collection, commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG Installation view at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 2006. Photo by Hiro Ihara

Works of Joan Miró:

Figure, Dog, Birds ( Personnage, Chien, Oiseaux )Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, Andrew Powie Fuller and Geraldine Spreckels Fuller Collection, 1999. © 2017 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris( Personnage, Chien, Oiseaux )

Woman Doing Her Hair before a Mirror ( Femme se coiffant devant d’une glace )

Chapter 16

Images derived from Langdon’s Lecture

Poseidon was the Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses

Persephone depicted here with Hades. Her return from the underworld marked the start of spring, and winter began when she was forced to return to the underworld.

Vulcan, Greek God of Fire and Volcanoes

Chapter 20

The round city of Baghdad

World Federation of Catholic Medical Association

Texas partical accelerator:

Chapter 22-24

Night view of Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain

Palacio de la Zarzuela

Spanish Coat of Arms:

Chapter 25

Symbol for Amalgamation:

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Papal Cross:

Uber Logo at time of publication:

Chapter 31

Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lánchíd), Budapest, Hungary

EAST VIEW from Széchenyi Chain Bridge: Gresham Palace (Four Season’s Hotel) & St. Stephen’s Basilica (Szent István Bazilika)

WEST VIEW from Széchenyi Chain Bridge: Buda Castle

NORTH VIEW from Széchenyi Chain Bridge: Hungarian Parliament Building

Padlocks on the Széchenyi Chain Bridge:

Chapter 32 & 35

a Salve Bridge (Puenta de la Salve), adjacent to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, photo: herraez/istock

Water taxi route:

Chapter 36

Route to Barcelona, maybe.

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Chapter 39

Boarding the plane..

Chapter 40

Ruin Bars of Budapest

Chapter 41

Data Constellation

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Chapter 42

Château Montrose

Steven Jay Gould, 1941-2002

Chapter 43

Szimpla Kert, Bar Simplar

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Chapter 44

Guernica by Pablo Picasso, June 1937

La Verbena by Maruja Mallo

Chapter 47

Sabadell Airport outside of Barcelona

Tesla Model X P90D, photo: y_carfan/istock

Chapter 48

The characters are heading southeast of Seville, Spain, through the ghost town of El Torbiscal.Show on Google Maps

La Iglesia Católica Palmariana

Chapter 49

Interior of the Tesla Model X P90D

Possible route from Sabadell Airport, through the mountains, past Park Güell.

Park Güell, Antoni Gaudí

Sagrada Família, Antoni Gaudí

The Pedrera Tile (la sopa primordial)

Casa Milà, Antoni Gaudí

La Pedrera. A masterpiece of nature.

Chapter 51-52

Passeig de Gràcia

Example of a painting by Sir Winston Churchill, A Flat Calm on a High-Prowed Boat, c. 1925. © Churchill Heritage Ltd.

Casa Milà’s roof…

Paul Gauguin, D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?
Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?

Images courtesy of TripAdvisor

Chapter 53

The Casita del Príncipe , or Casita de Abajo (1771-1775) is a work of neoclassical style made by Juan de Villanuev. El Escorial, Spain

Chapter 60

Rooftop of Casa Milà

Chapter 65

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

Nativity Facade, East, Marina Street

Passion Facade, West, Sardenya Street

Glory Facade, South, Mallorca Street, still under construction.

Main Sanctuary of Segrada Familia

Detail of turtle at base of a column of Segrada Familia.

Chapter 67

Armory, Madrid Palace

Osvaldo Gago

Chapter 69

Main entrance of Sagrada Familia

Crucifix

Judas’s Kiss

Alpha and Omega

Parachuting Jesus

Sagrada Familia’s infamous spiral staircase

Angkor Wat Temple Stairs, Cambodia—The steep, 70-degree angle stairs of Angkor Wat’s upper temples are notoriously difficult and potentially dangerous to climb, according to CNN.

Pailon del Diablo Waterfall, Ecuador—These may not be the longest steps in the world, but they’re among the most dramatic. They take you right up close to the Pailon del Diablo (Devil’s Cauldron) waterfall. Since the steps are continually getting sprayed, they require some care not to slip on.

Chapter 70

Antoni Gaudí’s tomb

Carmelite Cross

William Blake’s etching The Ancient of Days

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The cover of Stephen Hawking’s book God Created the Integers

Sculpture in Rockefeller Center in New York City: Wisdom, Light And Sound

Chapter 72

Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Spanish Royal Crypt

Chapter 73-75

This is what I could find for “The Four Zoas”, or “Vala”, Night the Ninth, Being The Last Judgment. It doesn’t seems to be the version that Brown describes but it is a good visual.