From that point on, marvellous ornamentation began to appear. There appeared female faces adorning the façades, inspired by Elizabeth Seadel, the mistress of the painter Dante Gabriel Rosetti, who died of a laudanum overdose and was famous for her languid, enigmatic beauty and long hair. Local artists, influenced by the Englishman Owen Jones, decorated with lilies, horse chestnut leaves, water plants, roses and camellias in multicoloured garlands. Architect Ch. R. Mackintosh's Glasgow rose and plants with undulating stems also graced the glass gallery windows. Japanese influence is also evident in the form of embossed lilies, reeds and butterflies on water lilies, star-shaped holly leaves and lotus flowers framing windows and lifts.

We welcome you to a visit to A Coruña at the beginning of the 20th century, where the austere eclectic style coexists with the modernity inherited from the Art Nouveau that arrived from Europe.

You can download the Modernist Route brochure here.