Wrought ironwork with flowers on the rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, a small cupola crowned tower and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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