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Casa
Batlló
(Catalan
pronunciation:
[ˈkazə
βəˈʎːo])
is
a
building
in
the
center
of
Barcelona.
It
was
designed
by
Antoni
Gaudí,
and
is
considered
one
of
his
masterpieces.
A
remodel
of
a
previously
built
house,
it
was
redesigned
in
1904
by
Gaudí
and
has
been
refurbished
several
times
after
that.
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
is
located
on
the
Passeig
de
Gràcia
in
the
Eixample
district,
and
forms
part
of
a
row
of
houses
known
as
the
Illa
de
la
Discòrdia
(or
Mansana
de
la
Discòrdia,
the
"Block
of
Discord"),
which
consists
of
four
buildings
by
noted
Modernista
architects
of
Barcelona.
Like
everything
Gaudí
designed,
Casa
Batlló
is
only
identifiable
as
Modernisme
or
Art
Nouveau
in
the
broadest
sense.
The
ground
floor,
in
particular,
has
unusual
tracery,
irregular
oval
windows
and
flowing
sculpted
stone
work.
There
are
few
straight
lines,
and
much
of
the
façade
is
decorated
with
a
colorful
mosaic
made
of
broken
ceramic
tiles
(trencadís).
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.
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