Cantabria: Comillas
The beach of Comillas has a widthness of 900m and a wideness of 26m, the ocean tide is mostly smooth and the sand is fine and white. Longitude: 4º17’10’’. Latitude: 43º23’24’’
Comillas is known as "La Villa de los Arzobispos" (the villa of the archbishops), because of the large amount of bishops and archbishops that were born there. Comillas is set on a particularly beautiful landscape, among soft green hills that protect its beautiful beach and sheltered port.
the outstanding modernist sculpture by the Catalán artist Llimona
The cemetary, situated on the ruins of an old parish church (16th century), is full of modern mausoleums and is dominated by the outstanding modernist sculpture by the Catalán artist Llimona
Entrance to Pontificate University (private)
The University of Pontificia Comillas is a private university which is administered by the Company of Jesus. It was first established in 1890 in Comillas as a seminary. Its founders were Don Antonio López and his son Don Claudio López Brú who was, at the time, the Marquis of Comillas. In its earliest stages, the university was an institution to instruct candidates who want to join the religious orders. People came from all over Spain and South America to be taught here which gives it a strong sense of international identity. It was later made a `university´ after a decree by Pope Saint Pio X in 1904. This decree ruled that the establishment was permitted to carry out instruction of not just Theology but Philosophy and Canonic Law.
Pontificate University
Sobrellano palace, built in neogothic style
Comillas is one of the most symbolic monuments of Cantabria. At the end of the XIX century it became the holiday resort for the Spanish aristocracy and there are many noteworthy buildings in the villa. This is why the urban distribution combines the traditional local arquitecture with the new cultural tendencies. The old square, the parish church and some houses in the centre of the villa form an excellent collection of examples of popular 18th century arquitecture.
The villa "El Capricho" of Gaudí - die Villa "El Capricho" von Gaudí
The
villa has been designed by Antoni Gaudí i Cornet and built
between 1883 and 1885 under the direction of the architect Cascante
Colom following the drawings of Gaudí. The
project of this house was commissioned by Máximo Díaz de
Quijano to be his summer house, the first Marquis of Comillas -.
The house is a project of a young Gaudí, who had no completely
adopted his definitive Modernist - Art Nouveau - style, but show here
his fantasy combining a contemporary vision of architecture with the
adoption of historical neomudéjar elements. The design of the
building is established around a long ground floor with up two floors,
and down a basement for garage and services - at present a shop selling
gaudinist articles. Over the four columns of the entrance it is a very
special tower who breaks the unity of the rest of the building. The
facade is made in brick adorned with ceramics tiles. The forged iron is
present in the balustrades specially around the tower. The villa is today a restaurant.
the tiles of the villa, where it was made of - die Fliesen, woraus die Villa erbaut wurde
A souvenir shop in Comillas