The strange bone like facade commands your attention.
Gaudi dragon roof.
For casa batlló gaudí conjured a building in the image of a dragon.
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The roofs of the buildings were for gaudi as if they were hats for people each of which reflects the individuality of its master the shape of the roof resembles the ridge of a dragon.
Unafraid paloma reaches out to pet the dragon but he is ticklish and as he laughs he spews a myriad of sea animals that he had unwittingly swallowed.
The roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur.
It s studded with skull mask balconies and capped by a sinuously scaled roof with a solitary sword like tower.
He also ordered a cross to crown the facade as if it were a sword alluding to when the noble knight saved the princess from the fearsome dragon.
Antoni gaudí casa batlló dragon roof detail 1904 1906 photo by bernard gagnon via wikimedia commons humility isn t the first word that comes to mind to describe the casa batlló.
Casa batlló is divine and operatic.
A dragon on the roof.
The roof is arched and scaled like the back of a dragon.
While her nanny is sleeping young paloma hears a noise.
But in a rather pretty way without fearsome overtones.
Antoni gaudí designed the roof with the shape of the back of the large animal it is covered with ceramic scales ceramic in different shades symbolizing the blood shed of the victims.
Dragon roof of casa batlló terrace the centre of the universe of gaudi and the space facing the sky of barcelona.
Saint george is the patron saint of catalonia gaudí s home.
She climbs the stairs of her house until she reaches the roof where a dragon is perched.
Set in casa batllo one of antoni gaudi s most renowned buildings this joyful story introduces young readers to the architect s work inciting their curiosity and imagination along the way.
She climbs the stairs of her house until she reaches the roof where a dragon is perched.
The house is transformed into a dreamy aquarium and the dragon settles into a deep sleep on the roof.