View from the street
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Basic
information: Location: Plaįa del Mercadal, Reus (Baix Camp) Qualification: xxxxx (4 on 5) Present Condition: Outside: Acceptable / Inside: Acceptable Visits: Previous appointment in Tourist Information Office. |
History and description:
Project made by Lluís
Domčnech i Montaner, built between 1902 and 1907.
The "Casa Navās" placed in a corner is a very impressive building, no
because it's size, but because the incredible imagination of the architect
Domčnech i
Montaner.
Before the Spanish
civil war (1936-1939) the house corner had a stylized
tower destroyed in a bombardment.
The interior show large spaces and a big luminosity.
The stairs and it's mosaics, marbles, etc. had been realized
by Alfons Juyol
following designs of Eusebi Arnau.
The furniture and marquetry (one of the most impressive
of Art
Nouveau) were made
by Gaspar Homar and the ceramics by Hipolit Monseny. Jeroni
Granell was charged of the decoration of mosaics and stained glass, following
designs of
the same Gaspar Homar.
The building remain today the property of successors
of Navās
family, who have the project to rebuild the destroyed
parts of
building.
We thanks his help to do that page.
