Built on a French design, it looks like a castle, and its spectacularity is enhanced by its being situated high on a hill in front of the sea. Its battlements and its air of a Gothic ruin reflect a taste for the exotic typical of the works sponsored by the Marquis of Comillas.
Place:
  Comillas.
Period of art:
  French Picturesquism.
Date:
  1870-1871.