EDIFICIO DO HOTEL MODERNO

Civil
1721
On the Way of St. James

Location

Rúa Policarpo Sanz 1

36202  Vigo - Pontevedra

Coordinates:
42º 14' 17.0" N - 8º 43' 28.9" W

Description

Building designed in 1897 by Pacewicz. It was originally constructed as dwellings for the Count of Torrecedeira, Manuel Bárcena Franco. It consisted of a lower ground floor, ground floor, mezzanine, three upper floors and a attic illuminated by oculi. In 1977 the interior was redesigned, and the roof also so as to obtain two floors, thus eliminating the dome of chromatic scales crowning the corner. Today the rotunda front part and the two facades are noteworthy. The facades are symmetrical, with openings at different heights, some isolated and others framed among Corinthian colonnades. As decorative elements the building has: neo-baroque pediments divided with volutes, continuous and isolated balconies, bolstered, segmental arches and semicircular, simple or decorated lintels, etc. Curved lines which are a feature of French rococo are also in abundance.

The Ways of St. James

Portiguese Route by coast
Arriba
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