The Gaudi dragon fountain by the main entrance is adorned in Trencadis ceramics (coloured tiling).  Parc Guell was commissioned by Eusebi Guell who wanted to create a stylish park surrounded by a garden village.  Antoni Gaudi started work on it in 1900 but stopped in 1914 when the project was a commercial failure with no houses sold.  In 1918 the city of Barcelona acquired the property and in 1922 it opened to the public as a park.