Three tourism icons you must see in your lifetime Our journey around the world in 80 objects continues with a Gaudi-designed bench, an exotic clock, and the mysterious Mo’ai of Easter Island Credit: Getty Welcome to the second instalment of our journey around the world in 80 objects – things, great and small, famous and obscure, which shed a particularly revealing light on a place or culture. Two weeks ago, we kicked off with our first 10, and here are three more. 11. The Serpentine Bench, Barcelona It suits the enigmatically eccentric character of Barcelona’s most celebrated architect that his two most famous designs in the city are about as far apart in scale and grandeur as it is possible to get. They are a fantastical cathedral and a park bench.