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Casa Milà Barcelona, or La Pedrera

Casa Milà Barcelona by Antoni Gaudí, 1906 to 1910, Barcelona

Casa Milà Barcelona, or la Pedrera, by Antoni Gaudí is an apartment building with wavy walls.
Casa Milà Barcelona, or La Pedrera, by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, Spain

Casa Milà Barcelona, or La Pedrera, by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, Spain

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The final secular design of the Spanish surrealist Antoni Gaudí, Casa Milà Barcelona is an apartment building with a fanciful aura. Wavy walls made of rough-chipped stone suggest fossilized ocean waves. Doors and windows look like they are dug out of sand. A comical array of chimney stacks dances across the roof.

This unique building is widely but unofficially known as La Pedrera (the Quarry). In 1984, UNESCO classified Casa Milà as a World Heritage site. Today, Casa Milà is used for cultural expositions.

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