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The Casa del Pavo (''Peacock House'') is a private building at 15 Sant Nicolau Street, in the city center of Alcoy (
Alicante Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...
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Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
, Spain. It is one of the main works of the Art Nouveau in Alcoy.


Building

The building was designed by the Valencian architect Vicente Pascual Pastor in 1909. It is a clear example of Valencian Art Nouveau architecture of the early twentieth century. The is named for the iron sculptures of peacocks that flank the main door. It is a private residential building of five floors, in whose back part was located the study of the painter Fernando Cabrera Cantó, who collaborated with the architect Vicente Pascual Pastor in the ornamentation and decoration of the building.Doménech Romá, Jorge (2010). Modernismo en Alcoy, su contexto histórico y los oficios artesanales. Editorial Aguaclara. pp. 367–390. .


References


Bibliography

* Doménech Romá, Jorge (2010). Modernismo en Alcoy, su contexto histórico y los oficios artesanales. Editorial Aguaclara. pp. 367–390. . * Jaén i Urban, Gaspar (1999). Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert, Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante, ed. Guía de arquitectura de la provincia de Alicante. p. 14. . * Colomer Sendra, Vicente (2002). Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de la Comunidad Valenciana, ed. Registro de Arquitectura del Siglo XX en la Comunidad Valenciana (en castellano/valenciano). p. 719. .


See also

* Art Nouveau in Alcoy


External links


Casa del Pavo in Alcoy Tourism
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