Wanloria › Destinations › Barcelona › Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló is at number 43 Passeig de Gràcia, in the Eixample block known as the Block of Discord (Mançana de la Discòrdia). The original building was put up in 1875 by Emilio Sala Cortés. In 1903 it was bought by the textile industrialist Josep Batlló, who commissioned Antoni Gaudí to carry out a renovation, done between 1904 and 1906. Gaudí clad the façade in trencadís of ceramic and coloured glass, with a wavy outline, balconies that resemble masks and bone-like columns. The roof is shaped like a dragon's back. Inside, a light well is covered in tiles that fade from blue to white; the noble floor, where Batlló lived, has helicoidal ceilings, and the attic is covered with catenary arches that evoke a rib cage. It is part of the 2005 UNESCO listing of Gaudí's works.

Things to do at Casa Batlló: 5 missions

• Walk through the light wellWalk through the light well and see how the tiles shift from deep blue to white as you go up.
• Climb onto the dragon's backGo up to the roof, whose outline imitates a dragon's back, and look at the crowning cross and the chimneys.
• Count the attic archesIn the attic, look at the catenary arches that recall a rib cage and note how many you can see in a single corridor.
• Look at the trencadís façadeFrom the pavement on Passeig de Gràcia, take in the cladding of ceramic and coloured glass, the mask-shaped balconies and the bone-like columns.
• Find the helicoidal ceiling on the noble floorOn the noble floor, where the Batlló family lived, find the ceiling with helicoidal forms.

Near Casa Batlló

Source: Web oficial - Casa Batlló