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. The Comillas Pontifical University was housed here before it moved to Madrid, and the old university buildings are among the finest examples of architecture in the town. Besides this, there are many notable medieval and baroque buildings.
Aerial view of Comillas
View of Oyambre Beach with Picos de Europa behind
Alfonso XIII (right) teaching cycling to his nephew Infante Alfonso in Comillas, 1910
Original complex of the Pontifical University of Comillas
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, sui generis style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his main work, the church of the Sagrada Família.
Gaudí in 1878, by Pau Audouard
El Mas de la Calderera, home of the Gaudí family in Riudoms
Gaudí (in the background) with his father (centre), his niece Rosa and doctor Santaló during a visit to Montserrat (1904)
Gaudí and Eusebi Güell on a visit to the Colònia Güell (1910)