Palacio del Marqués de la Motilla
The Palacio del Marqués de la Motilla stands in Seville’s historic centre, presenting a Florentine vision through an Italian-medieval façade. Its brick tower rises about 25 metres above Laraña Street. Construction ran from 1921 to 1931, after street widening prompted a new frontage.
Gino Coppedè designed the building, while Vicente Traver directed its technical work and combined several historicist influences. The tower echoes Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio through battlements and neo-Gothic windows. Laraña Street carries matching battlements and a gallery of semicircular arches, giving the lower façade a cloister-like rhythm. Florentine, neo-Gothic and regionalist elements place the building within Seville’s historicist architecture.
The Cuna Street side adds a regionalist section with a lookout, while an angled Gothic wall connects both fronts. A projecting balcony rests on stone brackets and carries an openwork stone railing. Behind it, a patio-garden completes the distinctive corner.
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