We started our Spanish vacation with a visit to Casa Batlló in Barcelona

Casa Batlló is one of a number of buildings designed by Antoni Gaudi that make up a UNESCO World Heritage site…we visited several in our time in Barcelona!

Casa Batlló from the inside

Gaudi’s works seem never to neglect any detail.  Even this interior roof and lamp have character.

The  roof is remiscent of a dragons scales.

The Columbus Column at the end of La Ramblas in Barcelona.  60 M high, it depicts Columbus pointing West

Barcelona windows

Constructed in 1929, the Palau Nacional of Montjuïc is now home to the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.

Looking out at Barcelona from Montjuic

Gaudi’s most famous work – the not-yet-completed Sagrada Familia