Solans House

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Solans House
Native name
Spanish: Casa Solans
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Location Saragossa, Spain
Architect Miguel Ángel Navarro Pérez
Official name: Casa Solans, Casa de los Azulejos
Criteria Monument

The Solans House (Spanish, Casa Solans) is an Art Nouveau palace in Saragossa, Spain. It is also known as Casa de los Azulejos (House of Tiles).

Spanish language Romance language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.

Art Nouveau Style of art & architecture about 1890 to 1910

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910. A reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers.

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Built between 1918 and 1921 to a design by the architect Miguel Ángel Navarro Pérez, it was commissioned by Juan Solans, an industrialist. In 1926, the owner died, and it became the property of the widow and nephew of the deceased in equal parts. After a long period of abandonment, the building was restored, and was used as the headquarters of the United Nations Office of Support to the Water Decade until 2015. [1]

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