Antonio Gaudi Casa Batlló

Paulina Flisikowska

Sonia Landowska

What’s that?

Casa Batlló is a building, which is placed on Passieg de Gràcia 43 in Barcelona.

It was rebuilt by Antonio Gaudi in 1904-1906. He also designed the interior of the house (furniture,

lighting and chandeliers).

The building

The original building was erected in 1875-1877. The manufacturer of fabrics Josep

Batlló i Casanovas, who was the owner of Casa Batlló from 1900, firstly planned to destroy the old building and build a new

one, but in 1904 he decided to rebuilt the tenement.

How it looks? The building is richly

ornamented. The facade of the house has a lot of elements which refer to

the animal theme – bones (on balconies), scales (roof and plates

on walls). The front was decorated

with colorful pieces of ceramics and broken

tiles.

The dragon? The roof brings to mind a dragon leather – it probably refers to the legend of saint George,

which is the element of national identity of Catalans.

UNESCO

Casa Batlló is on

the UNESCO list

of world heritage.