On the roof of Gaudi’s Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain (top), and perched in the mountains of Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, to the northwest (bottom). St. George is the patron saint of Catalonia, and it is said that the jagged mountains of Montserrat (the name literally means “serrated mountain”) are the remains of the slain dragon. The back of the great beast can also be seen in the design of Gaudi’s arched roof and scalelike tile work.

December 24, 2017

Chad Fahs

Photography, Travel, Architecture

MAXXI

December 24, 2017

Chad Fahs

Photography, Travel, Architecture

MAXXI contemporary art museum (The National Museum of Arts of the 21st Century) in the Flaminio neighborhood of Rome, Italy. Designed by architect Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi-British architect and the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize.