House of the dragon

We're looking at the rooftop of Casa Batlló, a six-storey building in the centre of Barcelona, topped with colourful 'scales'. What brings us here? Well, here in Spain's province of Catalonia, as in England and several other countries, it's St George’s Day. George (or Jordi, as the Catalans call him) is 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.
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