Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Guided tour text: Modernism in Jaca



Modernism in Jaca




This style was born in Belgium in the early XXth century.


Some characteristics of Art Modernism are:


  • Decorative art
  • Inspiration in nature with vegetables(plant) and flower shapes
  • And inspiration in other cultures too


In Jaca you can find different buildings of this style. There is a modernism route, and we can see from this place a several modernist buildings like:

  • Casa Rubio ( Pilgrim´s Bar)
  • Casa Valero
  • more in the Calle Mayor


3 comments:

  1. Why did they start building them then?

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  2. Built when the city wall, which ran close to this place (Hotel Mur) was demolished in 1915

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