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"La Casa de la Papallona" (The butterfly's house) was built in 1912 by the architect Josep Graner i Prat. It's located in the 20, Llançà Street. The most popular characteristic of this house is the enormous modernist butterfly situated on the top of the house. The butterfly is made with little ceramic pieces of many different shapes and colors: blue, orange, green and white in its wings. The balconies are made of iron. The modernism started at the end of the 19th century and received different names depending on the country: Modernism in Spain, Art Noveau in France, etc.
Its main characteristics are:
1. Fantasy, nature and wavy forms.
2. The return of the inferior arts like the craft.
3. They work with iron balconies and multicolor ceramics.
The butterfly's house is an example of all these characteristics. It's beautiful and great. Many tourists go to this house to take photos of the butterfly because it's one of the most important modernist monuments.