Casa de las Sirenas
The Casa de las Sirenas (House of the Sirens) is a 19th-century palace located on the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
History
[edit]The house was designed by Joaquín Fernández Ayarragaray for Lázaro Fernández de Angulo, the Marquess of Esquivel. It was constructed in the style of an 18th-century French mansion.[1] The construction began in 1861 and was completed in 1864. The house features a square floor plan, surrounded by a garden enclosed by four walls. It has a ground floor and an upper floor.[2] The building has a slate roof.[1] It is named "Casa de las Sirenas" due to two sphinxes (referred to as "sirens") located at the front entrance.[3]
The ironwork for the house was crafted in 1862 by Hermanos Portilla, with the same design being used for the Fábrica de Tabacos de Sevilla Royal Tobacco Factory.[4]
The Marquess of Esquivel sold the house in 1870 to the construction company Basilio del Camino y Hermanos.[1] The building later became the residence of José Domingo de la Portilla and his wife María Susana Pérez de Guzmán y Pickman, who passed away in 1971.[5]
By the 1970s, the house had fallen into disrepair.[6] The Seville City Council purchased the property in 1989.[7] The house underwent a restoration that lasted eight years.[3] In 1998, it was repurposed as a civic center for the neighborhood.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c José Manuel Suárez Garmendia (1986). Arquitectura y Urbanismo en la Sevilla del siglo XIX. Diputación de Sevilla. pp. 129–137. ISBN 84-505-4905-1.
- ^ "Casa de las Sirenas". Catalog of the Real Estate Heritage of Andalusia. Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage. Junta de Andalucía. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ a b Pablo Ferrand (August 17, 1997). "La restauración de la casa de las Sirenas: un ejemplo a seguir". ABC de Sevilla.
- ^ Universidad de Sevilla. Patrimonio monumental y artístico (2nd ed.). Secretariado de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla. 2001. p. 51. ISBN 84-472-0632-7.
- ^ José Miguel Lodo de Mayoralgo. "Los marqueses de Jerez de los Caballeros". p. 662.
- ^ J. Sánchez (July 12, 1977). "La "casa de las Sirenas"". ABC de Sevilla.
- ^ "El Ayuntamiento comprará la casa de las Sirenas y la de los marqueses de la Algaba". ABC de Sevilla. July 30, 1989.
- ^ "Rojas Marcos presidió la inauguración del Centro Cívico Casa de las Sirenas". ABC de Sevilla. February 13, 1998.
