El Capricho
El Capricho is a villa in Comillas, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí. It was built in 1883–1885 for the summer use of a wealthy client, Máximo Díaz de Quijano, who died a year before the house was completed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cotarelo75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
November—February: 10:30 AM—5:30 PM
December 24th—25, 31, January 1st, and 6: closed
March—June and September—October: 10:30 AM—8:00 PM
July—August: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM - Email: visitas@elcaprichodegaudi.com
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Spain
- Address: Barrio de Sobrellano, Comillas, 39520
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Sobrellano and Church of San Cristóbal, Comillas.
Palacio de Sobrellano
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palacio de Sobrellano is situated 140 metres west of El Capricho.
Church of San Cristóbal, Comillas
Church
Photo: Rodelar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of San Cristóbal, Comillas is situated 290 metres northeast of El Capricho.
Puerta de los Pájaros
Photo: Gonzalo P.M.G., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puerta de los Pájaros is situated 600 metres northeast of El Capricho.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comillas and La Rabia.
Comillas
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Comillas is a small township and municipality in the northern reaches of Spain, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. The Marquessate of Comillas, a fiefdom of Spanish nobility, holds ceremonial office in the seat of power at a small castle which overlooks the town.
El Capricho
- Categories: house, building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Comillas, Cantabria, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.38368° or 43° 23′ 1″ northLongitude
-4.29271° or 4° 17′ 34″ westElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Inception
1885Open location code
8CMQ9PM4+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 128110115OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“El Capricho” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էլ Կապրիչո”
- Basque: “El Capricho”
- Catalan: “El Capricho”
- Chinese: “奇想屋”
- Czech: “Casa El Capricho”
- Danish: “El Capricho”
- Danish: “Villa Quijano”
- Dutch: “El Capricho”
- Esperanto: “Kaprico de Gaudí”
- French: “Capricho”
- French: “El Capricho”
- French: “Le Caprice de Gaudí”
- Galician: “El Capricho (Gaudí)”
- Galician: “El Capricho”
- Georgian: “El capricho deGaudi/ El capricho de Gaudí”
- Georgian: “ელ-კაპრიჩო”
- Georgian: “ვილა კიხანო ( villa Qijano)”
- German: “El Capricho”
- German: “Villa Quijano”
- Italian: “Il Capriccio”
- Macedonian: “Ел Капричо”
- Portuguese: “Capricho de Gaudí”
- Portuguese: “El Capricho”
- Russian: “Эль Каприччо”
- Russian: “Эль-Каприччо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “El Capricho”
- Spanish: “Capricho de Gaudi”
- Spanish: “El Capricho de Gaudi”
- Spanish: “El Capricho de Gaudí”
- Spanish: “El Capricho”
- Spanish: “Villa Quijano”
- Uzbek: “EL-KAPRICHCHIO”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Capricho”. Photo: Cotarelo75, CC BY-SA 3.0.