Editorial photo #13778989 Human Interest

Gaudi's Capricho In Comillas

Detail of the relief tiles with the representation of a sunflower serve as decoration on the facade of La Villa Quijano, popularly known as El Capricho, a modernist building located in the Cantabrian town of Comillas, Spain. It was designed by Antonio Gaudi between 1883 and 1885, commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano, and is one of the few works of Gaudi outside of Catalonia. (Photo by Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #13778989
Date taken: 16 May 2026
Location: —
Photographer: Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto
Category: Human Interest

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