Located in the area Manzana de la Discordia (Block of Discord), this
building was completed in 1906 by Antonin Gaudi. He preserved the original
structure of the building (1877) but changed the interior and exterior
designs completely. As characteristic of him, Gaudi avoided straight lines
and right angles. The facade has a trencadis coat and the stone and glasswork
is very beautiful. The balconies of this building appear like carnival masks.
The six-story building is capped by perhaps the strangest roof of all Barcelona,
its tiles look like the scales of a dragon.
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