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Font d'Hércules

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Les Corts, Barcelona

🐉Check out the wrought-iron Chinese dragon channel
⚖️The original 476kg piece sat in a warehouse for years
🔧Fountain's often dry, but the stonework still impresses

A forgotten dragon guards one of Gaudí's earliest commissions. Tucked into the royal gardens of Pedralbes, this 1884 fountain weaves Hercules, Catalan heraldry, and a serpentine iron channel into a quiet mythological scene.

Gaudí completist stop
Hidden garden fountain
Mythological symbolism
Pre-fame architecture
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