Porta Gaudí de les facultats de Biologia i Ciències de la Terra (monument)
This south access gate, the Porta Gaudí de les facultats de Biologia i Ciències de la Terra, is part of Antoni Gaudí’s Güell Pavilions, commissioned by Eusebi Güell and built between 1884 and 1887. Its central feature is the wrought-iron dragon grille, with glass eyes, representing Ladon—the dragon that guarded the Garden of the Hesperides and was overcome by Hercules in one of his twelve labours. Gaudí ties that myth to astronomy: Ladon’s form is linked to the Serpens constellation because Ladon was “turned into a snake” as punishment for stealing the oranges. Above the dragon sits an orange-tree motif, another reference to the Hesperides. At some point the original gate was demolished to make way for the Pharmacy faculty, and it is now rebuilt, so the structure you encounter today is a reconstruction rather than a continuous survivor. …
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