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Casa Batlló: A Gaudí Masterpiece
The local name for Casa Batlló is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic quality. It is located on the Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district and forms part of a row of houses known as the Illa de la Discòrdia (Block of Discord), which consists of four buildings by noted Modernista architects of Barcelona. Like everything Gaudí designed, Casa Batlló is only identifiable as Modernisme or Art Nouveau in the broadest sense. In 2005, Casa Batlló became a UNESCO World Heritage Site among the other Works of Antoni Gaudí and is visited by people from around the world.