Narciso Clavería y de Palacios

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Narciso Clavería y de Palacios, 3rd Count of Manila (1869–1935) was a Spanish architect, notable as an exponent of the Moorish revival style known as Neo-Mudéjar. He was the grandson of Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, a nineteenth-century Governor General of the Philippines from whom he inherited the title of Count of Manila.

Toledo railway station, opened in 1919

Railway architecture[edit]

Working for the railway company Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante (MZA), Clavería designed Toledo railway station, his best-known building. Clavería incorporated references to Toledo's architectural heritage, which he had spent some time photographing.[1] The facility features a spacious hall with Moorish revival decoration and a clock-tower.

The smaller station at Algodor, between Toledo and Aranjuez, is also attributed to Clavería.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clavería's photographs were published in the Revista Toledo. ("Toledo a comienzos". Retrieved June 9, 2012.)
  2. ^ "Historia: Algodor". RTA (Red de transportes de Aranjuez) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-26.

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