Lower Court and salamander fountain, Park Guell

Steps leading to the Lower Court on the central terrace, with Doric columns supporting a hypostyle hall and stone roof, and el drac (the dragon), a mosaic salamander fountain, restored in 2007, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13436459

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45129370

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen