Torre de los Moreno - Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia, España
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The Torre de los Moreno (in Galician : Torre dos Moreno ) is an Indiano house —typical constructions in the areas of emigrants to America— located in the town of Ribadeo ( Lugo province , Spain ), in the Plaza de España and Ibanez street.
Waymark Code: WM17NB0
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 03/13/2023
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It was built by Pedro and Juan Moreno Ulloa in 1915 and designed by the architect Julián García Núñez and the engineer Ángel Arbex. With a certain eclectic style, it can be considered a modernist building, with a mixed structure of concrete and iron.
This building is considered since 1997 as an Asset of Cultural Interest within the catalog of monuments of the historical heritage of Spain .
Description
It has various ornaments, such as tiling , marble, stained glass, fretwork , a roof with red porcelain tiles (glazed ceramic) or pilasters. The dome of the main tower is supported by four caryatids . The plant has 950 m² , and the site, 1050 m² (measurements taken using SIXPAC ). It consists of a ground floor, a mezzanine, three floors and a bajocubierta, the part that protrudes from the main tower. Several partial restorations were carried out, which now only guarantee that the deterioration of the building does not advance further.
The roof that supports the dome opens like those typical of Central European-style fairy tales, like the rest of the visible roof, which coincides with the one in force at the beginning of the 20th century in Argentina, place of emigration of its first owners . The galleries are made of cast iron, crowned by three arches and with polychrome glass.
It has three stairs and six patios, ensuring communication and clarity in the building's dependencies. On each floor there are two houses, which include main, secondary and service rooms, with heights of four meters.
The basic structure is made of reinforced concrete, a new material in the area at the time of construction, so its treatment was not adequate and the structure suffered greatly.
In ruin
On December 23, 2010, in DOG, a resolution paved the way for a new approach to save the monument, an Asset of Cultural Interest, from ruin.
On January 13, 2011, the shoring work began to prevent its collapse.
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