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outstanding 19th century Catalonian artists were involved
in other important works at Comillas. Cristóbal Cascante
y Colom not only managed the works of Sobrellano and the
Pontificial University School, but also made a first
project of the monument for Don Antonio López y López
and designed the new building for the Holy Hospital of
Comillas. Luis Doménech y
Mantaner built, according to the original project of
Cascante y Colom, the final monument
for the Marquis of Comillas as well as the fountain of Tres Caños,
built in the square which carries its name. This
architect also projected the renovation of the town's graveyard, which enclosed the ruins of an ancient Gothic
hermitage, and included picturesque features to highlight
the aspect of Romantic ruin. He also built the pantheon
of Don Joaquín de Piélago's family in this cemetery.
Casimiro Pérez de la Riva built the pantheon of the
Pérez de la Riva family, inspired by the austere
neo-Egyptian style in contrast with the sculptural aspect
of the project made by Luis Doménech y Montaner. At the end of the 19th century, the influence of
British architecture reached in Comillas due to the
admiration felt by the Spanish bourgueoisie towards
Anglo-Saxon life. Francisco Hernández Rubio designed the
chalet of the
Duke of Almodóvar del Río for
San José field in contrast with the eclecticism of
Sobrellano palace and Modernism of the Capricho de
Gaudí.
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