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look at the pavement. Each paving piece carries stylised images of an octopus and a
starfish, Gaudí designs originally cooked up for Casa Batlló.
When Gaudí was commissioned to refashion this building, he went to town inside
and out. The internal light wells shimmer with tiles of deep sea blue. Gaudí eschewed
the straight line, and so the staircase wafts you up to the 1st (main) floor, where the
salon looks on to Passeig de Gràcia. Everything swirls: the ceiling is twisted into a vor-
tex around its sunlike lamp; the doors, window and skylights are dreamy waves of
wood and coloured glass. The attic is characterised by Gaudí's trademark hyperboloid
arches. Twisting tiled chimney pots add a surreal touch to the roof.
NEED TO KNOW
93 216 03 06;
www.casabatllo.es
;
Passeig de Gràcia 43; adult/child under 7yr/student, child 7-18yr
& senior €18.15/free/14.55;
9am-8pm;
Passeig de Gràcia
La Dreta de L'Eixample
LA SAGRADA FAMÍLIA
Church
HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I DE SANT PAU
Architecture
( 93 317 76 52;
www.rutadelmodernisme.com
; Carrer de Cartagena 167; guided tour adult/senior & stu-
dent €10/5; tours 10am, 11am, noon & 1pm in English, others in Catalan, French & Spanish; Hos-
pital de Sant Pau)
Domènech i Montaner outdid himself with this Modernista masterpiece,
long considered one of the city's most important hospitals. The complex, including 16
unique pavilions - together with the Palau de la Música Catalana, a joint World Heritage
Site - is lavishly decorated.
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