Dias de Abril XVII by jeroni

Photography • Architecture • posted on Apr 17, 2013

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Description

Casa Batlló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəʎˈʎo]) is a renowned building located in the heart of Barcelona and is one of Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces. Casa Batlló is a remodel of a previously built house. It was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been refurbished several times after that. Casa Batlló evokes the creativity and playfulness of Gaudí’s work through the incracite facades and creative floors. Gaudí's assistants Domènec Sugrañes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubió also contributed to the renovation project. The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic quality. It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona. The building looks very remarkable — like everything Gaudí designed, only identifiable as Modernisme or Art 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 a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadís) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues. The roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur. 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 lance of Saint George (patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudí's home), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

Comments (28)

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Cyve

5:32AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

WOW... stunning an beautiful architecture... Fabulous capture as always !

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Richardphotos

5:47AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

I have seen this on TV but your capture does it more justice. beautiful architecture

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jmb007

5:54AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

belle maison

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bugatti

5:55AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

buena toma ...

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virginiese

6:06AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Interesting architecture. Gaudi is a master ! Great capture of it Jeroni !

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GARAGELAND

6:34AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Gaudí´s work is so special and different to anything I have seen in architecture. Barcelona is a wonderful city to visit.

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magnus073

7:50AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Jeroni, esta es una foto fantástica. Todo es perfecto

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tizjezzme

8:48AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Beautiful building and great photo!

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miwi

9:07AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Interesting architectur,like to live there; excellent shot.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bobrgallegos

9:32AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Great capture of this awesome architecture!

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Valeriya

10:21AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Wow! Ravishing beauty!

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Jean_C

11:22AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Fantastic Gaudi's architecture, excellent shot!

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bebopdlx

11:58AM | Wed, 17 April 2013

This is excellent

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prutzworks

12:17PM | Wed, 17 April 2013

beautiful shot

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farmerC

12:54PM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Fantastic shot.

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Isabelle711

1:38PM | Wed, 17 April 2013

Oh my goodness what gorgeous architecture. :))))))))) I love everything about this home. :)))))) Truely beautiful. :)))) Most excellent in capture and in beautiful details. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :)))) Carry A Sunshine Smile In Your Heart :))))))

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