Reminiscent of the Jules Verne’s novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Gaudi’s Casa Batlló has a deeply aquatic and natural theme which runs throughout the entire building, from the aquatic blue tiled walls of the inner stairwell to snail-shell inspired lines on the ceilings.
Passing from room to room, one crosses through exquisitely-made doors made of wood and hand-blown glass, with bubbles of air still trapped in them from the day of their creation. Looking into these colored glass discs, one even gets the feeling of breathing underwater…
The aquatic blue tiled walls of the inner stairwell of Casa Batllo resemble shoals of Aurelia aureta. The window resembles the outine of a species of Cyanea.
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