La Giralda, Art Nouveau residence in L'Arboç, Spain.
La Giralda is a house built in Catalan modernist style with a 52-meter tower that copies the famous bell tower from Seville. The building displays ornamental details from southern Spanish architecture and combines this southern style with Catalan design features.
Joan Mari Roquer built the house in 1908 after a honeymoon trip to Andalusia, using photographs as reference for the architectural details. His wish to recreate southern Spanish buildings at home shaped this personal project filled with regional influences from the south.
The house mixes Catalan modernism with southern Spanish design, and you can see horseshoe arches and detailed carved patterns in its rooms. Visitors notice how these two regions' building traditions come together in one place.
It is best to contact the local tourism office ahead of time to arrange a visit. A walk through the house takes about one hour and shows you all the main rooms and their details.
The property includes a reproduction of Granada's Patio de los Leones and elements from the Hall of Ambassadors of Seville's Alcazar. Visitors often overlook these details, but they show how carefully the owner recreated his southern Spanish inspirations.
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