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{{Short description|Historical landmark in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta}}
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'''Casa de los Dragones''' or '''House of the Dragons''' is an important landmark in the Spanish [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of [[Ceuta]] on the north coast of Africa, and an extraordinary example of [[Eclecticism in architecture|eclectic architecture]].<ref name="Vilar2002">{{cite book|author=María José Vilar|title=Ceuta en el siglo XIX: a travâes de su cartografâia histâorica y fuentes inâeditas : de presidio fortificado a ciudad abierta, portuaria y mercantil (1800–1912)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=d7Odfm4G6PwC&pg=PA342|accessdate=8 July 2013|year=2002|publisher=EDITUM|isbn=978-84-8371-344-0|pages=342–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lonely Planet Morocco|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Kkl5d8NRCOEC&pg=PA191|accessdate=8 July 2013|year=2009|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-360-7|pages=191–}}</ref> The house is on a corner of Kings Square.
'''House of the Dragons''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Casa de los Dragones'') is a landmark in the Spanish [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of [[Ceuta]] on the north coast of Africa, and an example of [[Eclecticism in architecture|eclectic architecture]].<ref name="Vilar2002">{{cite book|author=María José Vilar|title=Ceuta en el siglo XIX: a travâes de su cartografâia histâorica y fuentes inâeditas : de presidio fortificado a ciudad abierta, portuaria y mercantil (1800–1912)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d7Odfm4G6PwC&pg=PA342|accessdate=8 July 2013|year=2002|publisher=EDITUM|isbn=978-84-8371-344-0|pages=342–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lonely Planet Morocco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kkl5d8NRCOEC&pg=PA191|accessdate=8 July 2013|year=2009|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-360-7|pages=191–}}</ref> The house is on a corner of Kings Square.


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Casa de los Dragones de noche.jpg|thumb|left|The dragons at night]]
[[File:Casa de los Dragones de noche.jpg|thumb|left|The dragons at night]]
Commissioned in 1900 by Francisco Cerni González, Mayor of Ceuta between 1897 and 1903, in partnership with his brother Ricardo, the building was designed by [[Valencia]]n architect [[José María Manuel Cortina Pérez|José M. Cortina Pérez]] and completed in 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.emvicesa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88&Itemid=1 | title = Rehabilitación "Casa de los Dragones" - - EMVICESA – Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda de Ceuta: | accessdate = 2013-07-08 | language = Spanish}}</ref>
Commissioned in 1900 by Francisco Cerni González, Mayor of Ceuta between 1897 and 1903, in partnership with his brother Ricardo, the building was designed by [[Valencia]]n architect [[José María Manuel Cortina Pérez|José M. Cortina Pérez]] and completed in 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.emvicesa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88&Itemid=1 | title = Rehabilitación "Casa de los Dragones" - - EMVICESA – Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda de Ceuta | accessdate = 2013-07-08 | language = Spanish}}</ref>


Perez was an eclectic architect who designed the bottom of the building from [[artificial stone]],<ref name=csagustin>{{cite web|title=The House of Dragons|url=http://www.csagustin.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=576|publisher=csagustin.net|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref> and as a ''[[pièce de résistance]]'' adorned the roof with [[bronze]] [[dragon]]s.<ref name=dragons>{{cite web|title=DRAGONS (REPLICA)|url=http://web.ceuta.es:8080/patrimoniocultural/esculturas/controlador?cmd=get-ficha&id=7&notoken=1|publisher=ceuta.es|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref> The house is on the corner of Paseo de Camoens and Millán Astray Street in Kings Square.<ref name="Griffin2010">{{cite book|author=Hugh Griffin|title=Ceuta Mini Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WZgaLegj_YAC&pg=PA10|accessdate=8 July 2013|date=1 February 2010|publisher=Horizon Scientific Press|isbn=978-0-9543335-3-9|pages=10–}}</ref>
Perez was an eclectic architect who designed the bottom of the building from [[artificial stone]],<ref name=csagustin>{{cite web|title=The House of Dragons|url=http://www.csagustin.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=576|publisher=csagustin.net|accessdate=4 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070407/http://www.csagustin.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=576|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as a ''[[pièce de résistance]]'' adorned the roof with [[bronze]] [[dragon]]s.<ref name=dragons>{{cite web|title=DRAGONS (REPLICA)|url=http://web.ceuta.es:8080/patrimoniocultural/esculturas/controlador?cmd=get-ficha&id=7&notoken=1|publisher=ceuta.es|accessdate=4 July 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035928/http://web.ceuta.es:8080/patrimoniocultural/esculturas/controlador?cmd=get-ficha&id=7&notoken=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The house is on the corner of Paseo de Camoens and Millán Astray Street in Kings Square.<ref name="Griffin2010">{{cite book|author=Hugh Griffin|title=Ceuta Mini Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZgaLegj_YAC&pg=PA10|accessdate=8 July 2013|date=1 February 2010|publisher=Horizon Scientific Press|isbn=978-0-9543335-3-9|pages=10–}}</ref>


The building was meant to take the name of the Cerni González brothers, but it became known as the House of the Dragons. This is a similar name to one of the architects 1901 works in his home town of [[Valencia]] which is called the [[Building of the Dragons]] The Valencia house also incorporates dragons, although more subtly, which also gives that house its name.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/valencia/casadragons/casadragons.html Images of the House of Dragons], Mary Ann Sullivan, bluffton.edu, accessed 9 July 2013</ref>
The building was meant to take the name of the Cerni González brothers, but it became known as the House of the Dragons. This is a similar name to one of the architect‘s 1901 works in his home town of [[Valencia]] which is called the [[Building of the Dragons]]. The Valencia house also incorporates dragons, although more subtly, which also gives that house its name.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/valencia/casadragons/casadragons.html Images of the House of Dragons], Mary Ann Sullivan, bluffton.edu, accessed 9 July 2013</ref>


The next owners of the house were the sons of Ricardo Cerni González. The Spanish [[Falange]] party had their offices here after the 1936 revolution. The house was sold in 1946. The facade was repaired at the expense of Salomón Benhamú Roffé in 1973 and 1996.<ref name=csagustin />
The next owners of the house were the sons of Ricardo Cerni González. The Spanish [[Falange Española de las JONS|Falange]] party had their offices here after the 1936 revolution. The house was sold in 1946. The facade was repaired at the expense of Salomón Benhamú Roffé in 1973 and 1996.<ref name=csagustin />


The original dragons were removed in 1925 and lost,<ref name=csagustin /> but four new dragons has been designed by Antonio Romero Vallejo.<ref name=dragons /> Made largely of resin and [[fiberglass]] which is painted to appear bronze, the new dragons consequently weigh less than 200&nbsp;kg each.<ref name=sculpt>{{cite web|title=Sculptures of the House of Dragons|url=http://www.ceutaturistica.com/esculturas/dragones.html|publisher=ceutaturistica.com|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref> They were installed and formally opened in November 2006.<ref name=sculpt />
The original dragons were removed in 1925 and lost,<ref name=csagustin /> but four new dragons have been designed by Antonio Romero Vallejo.<ref name=dragons /> Made largely of resin and [[fiberglass]] which is painted to appear bronze, the new dragons consequently weigh less than 200&nbsp;kg each.<ref name=sculpt>{{cite web|title=Sculptures of the House of Dragons|url=http://www.ceutaturistica.com/esculturas/dragones.html|publisher=ceutaturistica.com|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref> They were installed and formally opened in November 2006.<ref name=sculpt />


Vallejo is a local artist who was born in 1958. He is also responsible for the bronze ''Tribute to the Artillery'' which is outside the walls on Avenida Martinez Catena in Ceuta.<ref name=sculpt />
Vallejo is a local artist who was born in 1958. He is also responsible for the bronze ''Tribute to the Artillery'' which is outside the walls on Avenida Martinez Catena in Ceuta.<ref name=sculpt />


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==

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"House of the Dragons" redirects here. For the TV series, see House of the Dragon.
House of the Dragons
Casa de los Dragones
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General information
Architectural styleEclectic
LocationCeuta, Spain
Coordinates35°53′15″N 5°18′32″W / 35.88750°N 5.30889°W / 35.88750; -5.30889
Construction started1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Completed1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)José María Manuel Cortina Pérez

House of the Dragons (Spanish: Casa de los Dragones) is a landmark in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north coast of Africa, and an example of eclectic architecture.[1][2] The house is on a corner of Kings Square.

History

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The dragons at night

Commissioned in 1900 by Francisco Cerni González, Mayor of Ceuta between 1897 and 1903, in partnership with his brother Ricardo, the building was designed by Valencian architect José M. Cortina Pérez and completed in 1905.[3]

Perez was an eclectic architect who designed the bottom of the building from artificial stone,[4] and as a pièce de résistance adorned the roof with bronze dragons.[5] The house is on the corner of Paseo de Camoens and Millán Astray Street in Kings Square.[6]

The building was meant to take the name of the Cerni González brothers, but it became known as the House of the Dragons. This is a similar name to one of the architect‘s 1901 works in his home town of Valencia which is called the Building of the Dragons. The Valencia house also incorporates dragons, although more subtly, which also gives that house its name.[7]

The next owners of the house were the sons of Ricardo Cerni González. The Spanish Falange party had their offices here after the 1936 revolution. The house was sold in 1946. The facade was repaired at the expense of Salomón Benhamú Roffé in 1973 and 1996.[4]

The original dragons were removed in 1925 and lost,[4] but four new dragons have been designed by Antonio Romero Vallejo.[5] Made largely of resin and fiberglass which is painted to appear bronze, the new dragons consequently weigh less than 200 kg each.[8] They were installed and formally opened in November 2006.[8]

Vallejo is a local artist who was born in 1958. He is also responsible for the bronze Tribute to the Artillery which is outside the walls on Avenida Martinez Catena in Ceuta.[8]

References

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  1. ^ María José Vilar (2002). Ceuta en el siglo XIX: a travâes de su cartografâia histâorica y fuentes inâeditas : de presidio fortificado a ciudad abierta, portuaria y mercantil (1800–1912). EDITUM. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-84-8371-344-0. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ Lonely Planet Morocco. Lonely Planet. 2009. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-1-74220-360-7. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Rehabilitación "Casa de los Dragones" - - EMVICESA – Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda de Ceuta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  4. ^ a b c "The House of Dragons". csagustin.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b "DRAGONS (REPLICA)". ceuta.es. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  6. ^ Hugh Griffin (1 February 2010). Ceuta Mini Guide. Horizon Scientific Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-9543335-3-9. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  7. ^ Images of the House of Dragons, Mary Ann Sullivan, bluffton.edu, accessed 9 July 2013
  8. ^ a b c "Sculptures of the House of Dragons". ceutaturistica.com. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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