- Casa Batlló
Casa Batlló (IPA2|'kazə bəʎ'ʎo, bəd'ʎo in Catalan), is a building restored by
Antoni Gaudí andJosep Maria Jujol , built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1905–1907; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ("passeig" is Catalan for promenade oravenue ), part of theIlla de la Discòrdia in the "Eixample " district ofBarcelona ,Catalonia .The local name for the building is "Casa dels ossos" (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a
viscera l, skeletal organic quality. It was originally designed for amiddle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona.The building looks very remarkable — like everything Gaudí designed, only identifiable as
Modernisme orArt Nouveau in the broadest sense. The ground floor, in particular, is rather astonishing with tracery, irregular oval windows and flowing sculpted stone work.It seems that the goal of the designer was to avoid straight lines completely. Much of the
façade is decorated with amosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadís ) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues. The roof isarch ed and was likened to the back of a dragon ordinosaur . A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the sword ofSaint George (patron saint ofCatalonia ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.Gallery
External links
* [http://www.casabatllo.cat The official website of La Casa Batlló]
* [http://miejsca.org/2007/casa-batllo-barcelona-antonio-gaudi/ Photographs of the inside of La Casa Batlló]
* [http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Casa_Batllo.html Casa Batlló on GreatBuildings.com]
* [http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/albums-en/gaudi-casa-batllo/index.html Casa Batlló pictures]
* [http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/batllo.html Casa Batlló description]
*gaudi designer [http://www.gaudidesigner.com/uk/casa-batllo.html]
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