Internal greenhouse, El Capricho de Gaudi, Comillas
Main entrance vestibule with Neo-Mudejar fluted niches inspired by mosque mihrabs, looking towards the internal greenhouse, at 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. 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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