Casa Fajol, a Modernista building behind the old bullring, Las Arenas

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This Modernista building, also known as "Butterfly House", is very near Parc de l’Escorxador and opposite the old Les Arenes bullring.

Cultural heritage

Modernista building

Its simple forms make Casa Fajol easy to escape the notice of pedestrians who fail to look up and admire the semicircular butterfly covered in trencadís ceramic fragments, which crowns the facade of this Modernista house on Carrer de Llança, in Esquerra de l’Eixample. It is a narrow building between party walls, with six floors and large balconies that have wrought-iron railings decorated with floral motifs. The entrance hall is decorated with ceramic bannisters and sgraffito on the walls.

Hidden by the bullring

The alterations to the old Les Arenes bullring, now a shopping centre, have left Casa Fajol somewhat hidden away, as it can only be seen from the street itself. It could previously be seen from Plaça d’Espanya and Parc de l’Escorxador.

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