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In 1900 Count Eusebi Guell comissioned Gaudi to create an exclusive planned community on a tree covered hillside 4km from the Plaza Catalunya. The housing project was a flop, but the city bought the land in 1922 and turned it into a garden-park.
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Mosaic
Dog at the foot of the main staircase...
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This
lizard / dragon is actually a rain gutter for the covered structures
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Detail
of a mosaic on the main staircase
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Sala
Hipostila, a forrest of 84 stone columns designed to be a marketplace
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On
the roof of the Sala Hipostila...a large patio overlooks the city
from the North. The steeple in the background is the roof of Gaudi's
house.
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CMG checks out the Banc de Trenadis, the tiled bench that outlines the roof of the Sala Hipostila
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