Entrance hall, Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain

Entrance hall and lift shaft, in the internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light to reach all rooms and floors, at the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the left is the concierge's office. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Entrance hall and lift shaft, in the internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light to reach all rooms and floors, at the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the left is the concierge's office. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen