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The city of San Pedro de Alcantara Spain
November 22nd, 2009 by admin
The city of San Pedro de Alcantara has an important heritage, accessible via a pleasant walk through the center of the city, which concentrates the commercial and leisure area, particularly marked. The most interesting facades are also identified with badges, ideal to get a closer First steps on the road
In Reus born and raised one of the most famous modernist architects nationally and internationally: Antoni Gaudí i Cornet. Today they can follow in the footsteps of the brilliant creator of the city. Reus houses the home of his childhood and adolescence, the church of his baptism, was also Reus within their first drafts before he went to Barcelona … however, and is certainly paradoxical, Reus Gaudí territory is not about buildings concerns.
Lluis Domenech i Montaner, the other major architect of the day who initiated the brilliant modernist path in the city center, the way that other artists like Joan perpetuated Rubió Bellver, Pere Caselles-author of many buildings on the route-e even the child’s own Domenech i Montaner, Pere Domènech Roura.
To facilitate understanding of this heritage has been created modernist Modernism Reus, that no artificial seasonings to bring natural enclave environment, signals, states and illustrates the details themselves and outsiders who hide the façade of the city’s most interesting . The tourist office offers guided tours of Reus. Pere Mata Institute and La Casa Navàs Navas
Built between 1897 and 1912 by architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, is an innovator in the construction project for an interesting combination of materials that soul. Brick, stone, wrought iron, stained glass and pottery together in perfect harmony, without dispute their relevance within the set. The plant is divided into six halls, rigorously followed the custom functionality needed is constructive and units that housed a psychiatric hospital. The flag number six, with its rich ornamentation, is the highest artistic value of the whole.
The architect Navàs House is not in vain popularly known as ‘the pretty one of Mercadal’. This is the most emblematic modernist building of the route, where detail and sophisticated furnishings reach maximum expression. It was built between 1901 and 1907 for marriage Navàs.Casa Gasull, Casa Grau, House Sagarra …ReusWith the personal stamp of Lluis Domenech i Montaner, the palace combines modernist elements and Novecento. A sober lines of noucentisme own plus attention to detail, so typical of the modernists. La Casa Grau, signed by Pere Caselles meanwhile, is a typical example of modernist floral, with a high burden of evocative romanticism. The author captured the emergence of the modernist imagination in Sagarra House, decorating the facade with fantastic animals and floral themes. La Casa Munné involves a change of pace, building where the elegance of his viewpoint cornerback. The Casa Laguna lives up to its name with the blue color reflected in the ceramics of Manises of its facade. Joan Rubio i Bellver, a pupil of Gaudi’s Casa Serra signature, an excellent example of late modernism …