Casa de las Cinco Torres is a captivating architectural ensemble, standing tall in Plaza de España, Cádiz. The complex consists of five houses built on a single block around 1771, designed in a baroque style transitioning to neoclassical. Cataloged as a building of cultural interest, these houses form a homogeneous set despite being independent properties.
Each house features four floors, a small interior courtyard with galleries, and a tower. The facade bodies are separated by cornices, with openings forming balconies and windows. While all the houses once had portals, the ones for numbers 5D and 6 are currently missing. The remaining portals were framed by two pilasters with Tuscan capitals that run along both floors, with the shafts decorated with pendants under the capitals. The antepechos are decorated with pinnacles of mixed-line walling where the pendants are located.
The manor's most iconic feature is its towers. Except for the polygonal tower of house 5D, the towers are square in plan and of the garita type. These towers rise one floor and integrate into the facade as the cornice of the top floor curves to reach the base of the tower balconies. The garitas occupy the center of the roofs and are made of wood covered with zinc sheets, featuring octagonal drums and alternating rectangular openings.
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Written by Nik Frost
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