A house of grand scale(s) Apr 23, 2021

A house of grand scale(s)

We"re looking at the rooftop of Casa Batlló, a six-story building in the center of Barcelona topped with colorful "scales." What brings us here? Well, here in the Catalonia region of Spain, and in several other locales from England to Ethiopia, it"s the feast of Saint George. You know George (or Jordi, as the Catalans call him): He"s the knight who, legend holds, saved a much-loved princess by defeating a fierce dragon. It"s said the tower jutting from the casa"s tiled roof represents George"s lance thrust into the monster"s scaly back.

© Marco Arduino/Sime/eStock Photo

palette

Today in History

Apr 23, 2018National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
Apr 23, 2019A legend and a legendary home
Apr 23, 2020Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
Apr 23, 2022World Book Day
Apr 23, 2023World Book Day
Apr 23, 2024World Book Day
Apr 23, 2025Shakespeare Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 23, 2025Shakespeare Day
Jan 6, 2020Have fun storming the castle
Aug 28, 2025A great white egret in Hungary
Apr 19, 2022Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
Mar 24, 2025African bush elephants in Namibia
Apr 24, 2023Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
Feb 22, 2018Roman theater of Cartagena, Spain
Oct 22, 2023Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
Jan 11, 2019Life in a North African town
Dec 13, 2021Old Town Quito
Dec 18, 2020A towering view of the Pale Mountains
Oct 9, 2022Earth Science Week
Aug 7, 2019Nubble Island’s only industry
Jan 13, 2018Fire-damaged forest near Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
Oct 14, 2018Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
Jul 19, 2023Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
Dec 1, 2020Giving Tuesday
Jan 27, 2022Bluespotted ribbontail ray
May 1, 2018The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
Apr 1, 2025National Frog Month
Aug 19, 2021Happy World Photography Day!
Feb 13, 2018Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana
Oct 5, 2019A fair that s star-studded
Oct 14, 2020In praise of the old…the very old
Sep 2, 2023National Hummingbird Day
May 21, 2019Salmon return to the Copper River
Nov 20, 2024World Childrens Day
Mar 7, 2020Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
Mar 28, 2022Kawachi Fuji Garden
Feb 24, 2025Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia