Entrance portico, El Capricho de Gaudi, Comillas
Portico of the main entrance with 4 columns and capitals carved with palm leaves and birds, at the El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. On the left is the facade, with exposed brick, glazed tiles and sunflower tiles. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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