Roof decoration, Palau Guell, Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

The main floor was the family’s main living space, but also the place they entertained guests.  On this floor you find the dining room…….a billiard room and an outdoor terrace….From the terrace you can see the surrounding apartments on whose balconies residents dry their laundry, also one of our puzzle clues….There is a smoking room and a lady’s waiting room.  The most impressive room in the home is the main guest room (Central Hall), where guests would often listen to concerts…….so logically Palau G\u00fcell needed an organ, which Gaudi included…..<\/p>\n

There is a beautiful hallway leading to the Central Hall (Hall of the Lost Steps)…..You continue up a mezzanine…..to the bedroom levels (the Guell family was large)…….through the attic……..to the roof.  The roof of Palau G\u00fcell’s was my favorite part of the building.  There are twenty chimneys and a central spire which is 15 meters high and capped with a bat.  Gaud\u00ed turned traditional chimneys into works of art, with an amazing assortment of shapes and decorative styles, as you can see sampled in the photos below:<\/p>\n

You return to the main level by descending down the servant stairs.<\/p>\n