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Casa Batlló ( in Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
), is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Pl?cid Guillem Gaud? i Cornet ? in English sometimes referred to by the Spanish language translation of his name, Antonio Gaud? ? was a Spain Catalonia architecture who belonged to the Modernisme movement and was famous for his unique and highly individualistic designs....
 and Josep Maria Jujol
Josep Maria Jujol

Josep Maria Jujol Gibert was a Catalonia architecture.Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture....
, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1905–1907; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia
Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona

Passeig de Gr?cia is both one of the major avenues in Barcelona and also one of its most important shopping and business areas, containing several of the city's most celebrated pieces of architecture....
 (passeig is Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
 for promenade or avenue
Avenue

Avenue may refer to:* Avenue , a straight road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side* Avenue , a specialist term in archaeology referring to lines of stones...
), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia
Illa de la Discòrdia

The Illa de la Disc?rdia , is a block of Passeig de Gr?cia in the Eixample District of Barcelona, Spain. The block is noted for having buildings by three of Barcelona's most important Modernisme architects, Llu?s Dom?nech i Montaner, Antoni Gaud? and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in close proximity....
 in the Eixample
Eixample

The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns . Constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some parts of the Eixample were heavily influenced by modernisme architects, chief among whom was Antoni Gaudi....
 district of Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
.

The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal
Skeleton

In biology, a skeleton is a rigid framework that provides protection and structure in many types of animal, particularly those of the phylum Chordata and of the superphylum Ecdysozoa....
 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
Modernisme

See also: ModernismModernisme also known, in English language, as Catalan modernism, was the Catalonia equivalent to a number of fin-de-si?cle art movements, such as Symbolism , Decadent movement and Art Nouveau / Jugendstil, from roughly 1888 to 1911....
 or Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international Art movement and style of art, architecture and applied art?especially the decorative arts?that peaked in popularity at Fin de si?cle of the 20th century ....
 in the broadest sense.






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Casa Batlló ( in Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
), is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Pl?cid Guillem Gaud? i Cornet ? in English sometimes referred to by the Spanish language translation of his name, Antonio Gaud? ? was a Spain Catalonia architecture who belonged to the Modernisme movement and was famous for his unique and highly individualistic designs....
 and Josep Maria Jujol
Josep Maria Jujol

Josep Maria Jujol Gibert was a Catalonia architecture.Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture....
, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1905–1907; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia
Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona

Passeig de Gr?cia is both one of the major avenues in Barcelona and also one of its most important shopping and business areas, containing several of the city's most celebrated pieces of architecture....
 (passeig is Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
 for promenade or avenue
Avenue

Avenue may refer to:* Avenue , a straight road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side* Avenue , a specialist term in archaeology referring to lines of stones...
), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia
Illa de la Discòrdia

The Illa de la Disc?rdia , is a block of Passeig de Gr?cia in the Eixample District of Barcelona, Spain. The block is noted for having buildings by three of Barcelona's most important Modernisme architects, Llu?s Dom?nech i Montaner, Antoni Gaud? and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in close proximity....
 in the Eixample
Eixample

The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns . Constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some parts of the Eixample were heavily influenced by modernisme architects, chief among whom was Antoni Gaudi....
 district of Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
.

The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal
Skeleton

In biology, a skeleton is a rigid framework that provides protection and structure in many types of animal, particularly those of the phylum Chordata and of the superphylum Ecdysozoa....
 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
Modernisme

See also: ModernismModernisme also known, in English language, as Catalan modernism, was the Catalonia equivalent to a number of fin-de-si?cle art movements, such as Symbolism , Decadent movement and Art Nouveau / Jugendstil, from roughly 1888 to 1911....
 or Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international Art movement and style of art, architecture and applied art?especially the decorative arts?that peaked in popularity at Fin de si?cle of the 20th century ....
 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
Facade

A facade or fa?ade is generally one side of the exterior of a building, especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The Word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
 is decorated with a mosaic
Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other material. It may be a technique of Decorative arts, an aspect of interior decoration or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral....
 made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadís
Trencadís

'Trencad?s' is a type of mosaic created from broken tile shards. The technique is also called pique assiette.The Catalan architects Antoni Gaud? and Josep Maria Jujol used trencad?s in many projects, among which Barcelona's Park G?ell is probably the most famous....
) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues. The roof is arch
Arch

An arch is a structure that Span a space while supporting weight . Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture, but their systematic use started with the Ancient Rome who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures....
ed and was likened to the back of a dragon
European dragon

European dragons are legendary creatures in folklore and mythology among the overlapping culture of Europe. The word for dragon in Germanic mythology and its descendants is wiktionary:worm , meaning snake or serpent....
 or dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
. 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 of Saint George
Saint George

Saint George of Lydda was according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr.In Hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and the Eastern Catholic Churches....
 (patron saint of Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

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