Casa Batllo in Barcelona, Spain. Designed by Antonio Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol and built in 1877, the building is known by locals as the Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and is characterized by, among other things, an absence of straight lines. Broken ceramic tiles cover much of the facade, and the roof is arched in such a way as to lead many to surmise it represents the back of a dragon. Carrying that idea further, some have theorized that the turret and cross that rise up next to the arched roof represent Saint George's lance, plunged into the dragon's back.
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