El Capricho
El Capricho is a villa in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí. It was built in 1883-85 for the summer use of a wealthy client, Máximo Díaz de Quijano.[1] Unfortunately the client died a year before the house was completed.
Gaudí, who designed only a small number of buildings outside Catalonia, was involved with other projects at Comillas. He was the assistant of Joan Martorell on another summer residence, the .
El Capricho belongs to the architect's orientalist period, during the beginnings of Gaudi's artwork. El Capricho allows to see all the foundations on which modernism is based, anticipating Europe's avant-garde modernism. The tower has been compared to a minaret. After the death of Máximo Díaz de Quijano, this building was used such as a summer house for the most economically and politically powerful people.[2]
References[]
- ^ Villa Quijano, El Capricho
- ^ "El Capricho de Gaudí". La Razón. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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- Folly buildings
- Houses completed in 1885
- Antoni Gaudí buildings
- Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Cantabria
- Houses in Spain
- Museums in Cantabria