Casa de la Punxa, Tarragona
Opposite the Fountain of the Century, where Rambla Nova, Carrer Pau Casals and Carrer Rovira i Virgili converge, there is a house built in 1929 for the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation (Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Tarragona), which is located here today. Thanks to the turret with a sharp conical dome, the house was named Casa de la Punxa, which can be translated literally as "house with a needle". The house is also notable for the fact that an elevator was installed in it for the first time in Tarragona. The elevator has long been replaced with a more modern one, and the cabin of the old one, made of wood and glass, has become an exhibit of the city Museum of Modern Art.
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This is one of the first works by Antoni Pujol Sevil, who graduated from the architectural school in 1927. The young architect used characteristic elements of three styles: modernism, Neo-Renaissance and Neoclassicism. The house has a trapezoid shape in plan, the narrow side of which is formed by a round tower with an elegant conical dome. The tower is crowned with a forged decoration that performs the functions of lightning protection.
![Tarragona Casa de la Punxa, Tarragona](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/13/1226/142537.jpg)
Pay attention to the eaves of the roof, it is decorated with an openwork balustrade of sculptures depicting the heads of dragons.
![Tarragona Casa de la Punxa, Tarragona](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/13/1226/142153.jpg)