Gawking at Gaudi

One of Antoni Gaudi’s early commissions was the 1883-85 construction of El Capricho, a holiday villa in Comillas for Maximo Diaz de Quijano, a wealthy lawyer.

It’s a small but comfortable house with each room displaying whimsical design features that related to the clients interests of music, botany & literature.

Fun Fact: Quijano only spent 7 nights in El Capricho as he died of liver failure in his new bedroom just before the building was completed.Read more