Santiago de Compostela (6)

I did not know and should have done that the Galician Contemporary Art Centre was designed by Alvaro Siza between 1988 when the project was first planned and 1993 when it opened.

It’s a tough building, of Galician granite, in a beautiful setting opposite the Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval, just outside the city centre:-

There is a ravishing daylit entrance, all of Galician marble:-

There is beautiful furniture designed by Siza:-

And a strange roof-top, replicating the alleyways and urban spaces in the city below:-

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  1. joan's avatar joan says:

    I remember visiting that in the mid 1990’s. Not only was it very beautiful, it seemed very different from any other gallery I had visited.

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