Casa del Reloj, San Pedro del Pinatar, Manor house in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
Casa del Reloj, also called Quinta de San Sebastián, is a late-19th-century modernist manor in San Pedro del Pinatar. Exposed brick walls with stone trim rise to a steep pitched roof of reddish-brown tiles; a taller central gabled section has a curved wrought-iron balcony and a tall arched window, and a stone band above the balcony reads "CASA CHRISTIAN". A lower right wing holds a small dormer window.
The Murcian architect Pedro Cerdán drew up the project, and the house was built between 1888 and 1895 for the Servet-Spottorno family, who gave it the name Mansión Servet. Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, president of the First Spanish Republic, died there in 1899, which earned it the name casa de Castelar. It was declared a bien de interés cultural of the Region of Murcia on 16 June 1995.
The house carries several names: Quinta de San Sebastián comes from the chapel dedicated to the saint inside, Mansión Servet from the Servet-Spottorno family who built it, and Casa de Castelar because Emilio Castelar died here in 1899. The chapel is small and once held a painting of the saint.
The place is accessible on weekdays and weekends with a restaurant on site. Opening hours vary by day, so it is wise to check ahead when you plan to visit.
The house owes its best-known name to a clock on its main façade, though the photograph shows the carved inscription "CASA CHRISTIAN" above the balcony. It was also called Quinta de San Sebastián for a small chapel dedicated to the saint inside, which held a painting of him. The Servet-Spottorno family commissioned it.
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