BLANES, Catalunya, Spain. Balconies

Carrer Ample, 11.

Balconies of the Casa d'Oms.

The Casa d'Oms is a stately building built by a family of landowners in the 18th century. Next to the main balcony, with a wrought iron railing, there is a nichel with an image of Saint Teresa.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 06.2024.

BARCELONA, Spain. Balcony of the Cases Jaumar

Passeig de Gràcia, 122-124.
Balcony of the Cases Jaumar.

The group that forms the buildings located at the crossroads of Bonavista street and the Passeig de Gràcia gardens was promoted by the brothers Jaumar in 1930. The project, inspired by a Noucentista aesthetic that combines classicist elements, columns, reliefs, balustrades and sculptured ceilings of romantic reference are by the Catalan architect Juli Maria Fossas (Barcelona 1868-1945).

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 10.2022.

VALENCIA, Spain. Mercat Central

One of the rear façades of the Mercat Central (Central Market), seen from the confluence of Plaça de la Ciutat de Bruges and Avinguda de l'Oest.

One of the two towers that flank a rear façade of the market, topped with domes on which are weather vanes in the shape of animals. The building, as a whole, is Modernist in style with eclectic elements and iron architecture. Construction began in 1914 and the works, interrupted, were not completed until 1928: in fact, it opened in November of that year. Four architects participated in its design and construction: first, Francesc Guàrdia i Vial (Barcelona 1880 -1940) and Alexandre Soler i March (Barcelona 1873-1949), and later Enric Viedma i Vidal (Valencia 1889-1959) and Àngel Romaní Verdeguer (Vilanova del Grau, Valencia, 1892 - Valencia 1973). The market, which has an area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters, was rehabilitated between 2004 and 2010.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 12.2022.

GIRONA, Spain. Balconies of Casa Ribas i Crehuet

Carrer de la Força No. 6.

The Ribas i Crehuet House, in the Noucentista style, with a ground floor and four floors, was built between 1926 and 1928 according to the project of the Catalan architect Rafael Masó i Valentí (Girona, 1880-1935). On the first floor of the building, these two curved balconies with baluster railings stand out, separated by a column on which you can see a plaque with the name of the architect and, below, a floral decoration and the inscription of the date of completion of the work in Roman numerals (MCMXXVIII, i.e. 1928). Below the balconies you can see the top of the basket-handle arch where the main entrance to the house is located. The building was rehabilitated in 2004, and is part of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2024.

GIRONA, Spain. Casa Miquel Gómez

Casa Miquel (or Miguel) Gómez.
Facade over the Onyar River.

This is a modernist building conceived by the Catalan architect Rafael Masó i Valentí (Girona, 1880-1935), built in 1914. Part of the house had to be demolished in 1916 to be able to build the passage also called Miquel Gómez, which gave access to the bridge over the Onyar River of the same name (Pont de Gómez, also known as Pont de la Princesa or Pont de la Creu Blanca). In the image you can partially see the railing of the bridge.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2024.

GIRONA, Spain. Casa Sarrà

Carrer de Barcelona, 25.

Casa Sarrà.

Casa Sarrà, in a Noucentista architectural style, is the work of the Catalan architect Josep Esteve i Corredor (Girona, 1896 - 1965), who in 1928 planned the renovation and extension of an existing building, owned by Marià Sarrà. On the ground floor, the access openings to the street are semicircular arches with lateral columns. On the first floor there is a tribune and two balconies with stone balustrades, while the balconies on the other two floors have Art Deco style iron railings. The façade has a light-colored coating with three horizontal decorative stripes formed by bricks and sgraffito floral motifs. The building has a height of 70 meters.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2024.

CASTELLÓ DE LA PLANA, Spain. Bell tower of the church of Sant Vicent Ferrer

Plaça del Fadrell.

Bell tower of the church of Sant Vicent Ferrer, built during several periods from its foundation, as a temple of a convent, in 1579. During the long process of construction and remodeling of the building, a mixture of styles was produced, but the predominant ones were the Baroque and Neoclassical. The current building is from 1835. The bell tower is older, it was built between 1661 and 1688.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2023.

BOLSENA, Lazio, Italy. Balcony

Vicolo degli Adami.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 12.2007.

BARCELONA, Spain. Jaume I tower

Harbour, Moll de Barcelona.

Jaume I tower.

This tower, designed by engineer Carles Buïgas, was built in 1931 (it was inaugurated on 13 September of that year) to house the intermediate station of the Aerial Tramway that connects the port of Barcelona with Montjuïc mountain. It has a height of 107 meters (351 feet), it is a notable example of iron architecture and for its construction, light steel structures in the shape of a Saint Andrew's cross were used. Its upper end is accessed by stairs, and the two viewpoints are characteristic, one intermediate and the other upper. Until 1966 it was the highest cable car support in the world. It is protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest. His name is that of Jaume I (James I), count of Barcelona and king of Aragon.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 10.2022.

BARCELONA, Spain. Casa Marquès d'Alella (1901-1907)

BARCELONA
Balconies of the Casa Marquès d'Alella, in Rambla de Catalunya, 84.

The Casa Marquès d'Alella, in the Modernist style, built in 1901, was designed by the Catalan architect Salvador Viñals i Sabaté (1847-1926), and modified and expanded in 1907 by Miquel Madorell i Rius (1869-1936). Characteristic of its façade is the lateral gallery of the first two floors, which can be seen in the photo, semicircular with small trefoil arches, and the other balconies with wrought iron railings.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2022.

VILADECANS (Catalunya), Spain. Cal Raurich

VILADECANS
Carrer de Sant Joan Nº 4.

Cal Raurich, also known as Cal Fusteret, is a late modern style building, designed by the Catalan architect August Planella i Poletti and built between 1919 and 1920. Its main feature is a small tower on the left side of its façade. Also notable are its continuous wrought iron balcony, the upper railing with rounded crowns, on a sloping cornice, with corbels, and the dentillation that decorates the upper part of the windows and doors. 

Photos © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2020.

EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT (Catalunya), Spain. Balcony

Plaça de la Vila Nº 12.

Cal Xica, eclectic style building built in 1880 and renovated in 1931 by the architect Emilio Gutiérrez Díaz (Havana, 1898 - Hondarribia, Euskadi, 1965). Its balcony with classic columns and ornamentation of garlands and other sculpted elements of a neo-baroque character, such as the wavy crown where you can see a medallion with the initials of the owner, Josep Corominas.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2022.

BARCELONA, Spain. Shutter. Street Art

Carrer del Coronel Sanfeliu Nº 10.

Bakery and cafe Casa Lupita.

In the banner (in Catalan):
Amnistia. Fem-nos lliures.
[Amnesty. Let's make ourselves free]

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 05.2022.

BARCELONA, Spain. Balconies. Ornamental sculptures

Passeig de Gràcia Nº 61.

The building was built in 1936.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2022.

VILADECANS, Catalonia, Spain. Can Modolell

Plaça de la Vila. Con Modolell (Ajuntament / City hall).
Can Modolell.

Can Modolell is the result of a renovation carried out in 1892 of a fortified house with a defense tower built in the 16th century. This reform is the work of the Catalan modernist architect Josep Azemar i Pont (Figueres, 1862 - Barcelona, 1914). After the death of its owner, Magdalena Modolell i Freixas (1915), her heirs agreed to transfer the building to the Viladecans City Council, which became effective on March 31, 1920. The clock tower, visible in the photo, was added in the 1940s.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2020.

BARCELONA, Spain. Baroque building

Can Querol, Baroque building in Passeig Maragall.

Can Querol was a country house whose existence has been documented since the 17th century. The current building, however, was built between 1773 and 1775. In 1950 the Fundació Valldejuli established a residence for elderly couples there. It is a late-baroque building with four winds protected as an Asset of Local Interest. On its facades you can still distinguish, although very deteriorated, the sgraffito that decorated them. The porthole windows in the attic are also characteristic, typical of the architecture of the time.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2022.

BARCELONA, Spain. Casa Pilar Viñolas de Moragas

The Casa Pilar Viñolas de Moragas, at Carrer Major de Sarrià number 216, is a modernist building conceived by the architect Josep Masdeu i Puigdemasa (1852-1930) and built in 1917. The façade is characterized, among other things, by the medallion with a relief of the Sacred Heart of Jesus blessing and by floral ornaments.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 02.2021. 

VALENCIA, Spain. Plaça Redona

The Plaça Redona (Round Square), in the Mercat (Market) neighborhood of Valencia, was designed by the architect Salvador Escrig i Melchor (1765-1833) and was finished after his death, in 1840. It is an interior square with a circular floor plan in which there are various shops, which have replaced the old market stores. It was rehabilitated between 2008 and 2012.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 12.2022. 

BARCELONA, Spain. Sgraffito on an 18th century building

Carrer de Sant Pere Més Baix No. 94.

Sgraffito on the facade of an 18th century baroque building, built in 1781, with mythological figures and other ornamentation.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2023.

SIRACUSA, Italy. Isola di Ortigia

SIRACUSA, Sicily, Italy.
Isola di Ortigia.

Balconies in a house on the Federico di Svevia square with Castello Maniace street.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 01.2018.