Casa Batlló

The Casa Batlló is one of the architectural gems of Barcelona and is located on Passeig de Gràcia 43, about 500 meters above the Plaça de Catalunya.

Built in 1877, this building was remodeled by Antoni Gaudí for the Batlló i Casanovas textile industrialist Josep in the years 1904-1906 in the style of Modernisme from scratch. Gaudí worked here together with Josep Maria Jujol and Joan Rubió i Bellver. In addition to the design of the Casa Batlló, the sculptor Joan Beltran, Josep Llimona, Carles Maní i Roig, Joan Matamala i Flotats and Llorenç Matamala i Pinyol were involved. The ceramics that Gaudí as with many other of his buildings very strong creatively started here come from Sebastià Ribó.

The colorful facade is the legend of Saint George again, the patron saint of Catalonia ( here called Sant Jordi ): The roof, the scales of the dragon represents, against the St. George fought, the cross on the roof is his lance. The wrought iron balconies are available for skulls and the gallery on the first floor of the mouth of the dragon.

The Casa Batlló is a historical monument since 1962 and was incorporated together with other works of Gaudí in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Currently it is owned by the Bernat family that a comprehensive restoration initiated in 1995. The building can be visited.

View from the opposite side of the street

Staircase

Chimneys on the roof terrace

Detail of the facade design