Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 巴特洛公寓, 在巴塞罗那, 加泰罗尼亚, 西班牙 (© Marco Arduino/Sime/eStock Photo)

Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 巴特洛公寓, 在巴塞罗那, 加泰罗尼亚, 西班牙 (© Marco Arduino/Sime/eStock Photo)

A house of grand scale(s)

We're looking at the rooftop of Casa Batlló, a 6-story building in the center of Barcelona topped with colorful 'scales.' What brings us here? Well, here in Spain's province of Catalonia, and in several other locales from England to Ethiopia, it's the feast of Saint George. You know George (or Jordi, as the Catalans call him): He's the knight who, legend holds, saved a much-loved princess by defeating a fierce dragon. It's said the tower jutting from the Casa's tiled roof represents George's lance thrust into the monster's scaly back.

George is Catalonia's patron saint—but the designer of Casa Batlló's façade could be called the land's patron architect. Antoni Gaudí designed dozens of buildings around Barcelona in matching fashion: bold fairy-tale designs with curvy constructions and vibrant colors. Gaudí's long-unfinished masterpiece, the famous Sagrada Família cathedral, is set to be completed in 2026, a century after his passing.

大房子

我们在看Casa Batll的屋顶ó, 巴塞罗那市中心的一座6层楼高的建筑，上面有五颜六色的“鳞片”。什么风把我们吹来了？嗯，在西班牙的加泰罗尼亚省，以及从英国到埃塞俄比亚的其他几个地方，这是圣乔治的盛宴。你知道乔治（或者加泰罗尼亚人叫他乔迪）：传说中，他是一位骑士，他打败了一条凶猛的龙，拯救了一位深受爱戴的公主。据说这座塔从木屋的瓦片屋顶伸出，代表着乔治的长矛插进了怪物鳞片般的背部。

乔治是加泰罗尼亚的守护神，但卡萨巴特尔的设计师ó's fa公司ç艾德可以被称为这片土地的赞助人建筑师。安东尼·高德í 在巴塞罗那周围设计了几十座建筑，风格搭配：大胆的童话设计，弯曲的结构和鲜艳的色彩。高德í'他的长篇未完成的杰作，著名的萨格拉达家族í在他去世一个世纪后，西伯利亚大教堂将于2026年竣工。