Castle of the Three Dragons in brick
Today's photo shows the Castle of the Three Dragons in brick, with crenellations, a band of ceramic shields and a corner tower.
The questionWhy build a fair restaurant in permanent brick like a fortress?
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Found, not built?
Exploring the hidden history of the exposition palaces
Investigate · Barcelona 1888

Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Solid wall at the lower levelWhat is that masonry base, when was it laid, and did it carry an earlier structure?
Memorial Hall: stone at the openingMemorial Hall was always meant to stay, but what does that say about the 'temporary' halls standing beside it?
Tile and stone on the Beaux-Arts palaceWhich of these surfaces are plaster and which are fired tile or stone, and has anyone ever tested a fragment?
Caryatids on the Palace of Fine ArtsIf this palace had a brick core, how many of the others did too?
Rough-faced stone at the New York BuildingWhy put a heavy stone base under a building said to be temporary?
The Woman's Building on a stone-look baseWhat was this base made of, and what happened to it after the fair?