Park Guell Dragon Fountain

The entrance to the park alone will leave you astounded.

Park guell dragon fountain. Parc güell ˈpaɾɡ ˈɡweʎ. As a young and upcoming architect he had designed the central masterpiece a fountain for parc de la ciutadella in barcelona. Dragon fountain park guell stock photos and images 700 page 1 of 7. Water pours from the mouth of mosaic lizard water feature on 01 jan 2004 at park guell barcelona.

Park güell is located in la salut a neighborhood in the gràcia district. Gaudi s dragon fountain park güell barcelona spain. The stairway is divided into three sections along which the water from a fountain runs once supplied from the tank under the hypostyle room. Spain catalonia barcelona gracia district park güell the dragon fountain at the park entrance is a popular focal point mosaic lizard sculpture by gaudi guell park barcelona catalonia spain.

Park güell is one of barcelona s most famous landmarks. The park contains amazing stone structures see below stunning tiling and fascinating buildings. Hidden in the north of barcelona his version of nirvana. On any day and especially on weekends you can see hordes of tourists and locals staring awestruck at the gingerbread gatehouses and snapping photos of the giant ceramic lizard dragon on the stairs that lead up the hillside.

Below sits a reservoir for the park s fountains. Gaudí s multicolored mosaic dragon fountain in park guell prior to vandalism early in 2007. Mosaic dragon fountain in park guell of architect antoni gaudi. The dragon is covered in trecadis.

Park guell was gaudi s second park park guell wasn t the first park that antoni gaudi worked on. The park is quite a ways out of the city but if one purchases a pass on the bus tours they will drop you off a few blocks shy of the park. The park güell catalan. Park guell is one of antoni gaudi s most imaginative and symbolic works of art which thanks to a failed housing project is now open to the public as a city park.

On the first landing are some capricious shapes like goblins while halfway up the steps is the emblem of catalonia and further up the dragon or salamander covered with decorative tile shard mosaic. Parque güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architectural elements located on carmel hill in barcelona catalonia spain carmel hill belongs to the mountain range of collserola the parc del carmel is located on the northern face. You can see from this picture the gaudí dragon fountain that is at the entrance to güell park this dragon is adorned in beautiful coloured tiling and there is something rather hypnotic and magical about it. Upon entering the gates the dragon can be seen in addition to both a mob of tourists and the illegal street vendors.