Grotesques

La Lonja de la Seda, ValenciaIn art, grotesques are a decorative form of arabesques with interlaced garlands and strange animal figures.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Grotesques':

  • Florence Grotticina at Boboli Gardens
  • Fontainebleau
  • La Lonja de la Seda "It is lit by soaring Gothic windows, the external frames of which, like the doors, are exuberantly ornamented, notably by a series of grotesque gargoyles." (AB ev)
  • Rome Domus Aurea
  • Vatican City Raphael's Loggias
  • Vicenza Villa Badoer in Fratta Polesine
  • Vienna Hall of Grotesque, Lower Belvedere
  • Villa d'Este