Enrique Nieto (architect)
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| name=Enrique Nieto
| image=Enrique Nieto 1915.jpg
| birth_date= {{Birth date|1883|10|06}}
| death_date= {{Death date and age|1954|01|20|1883|10|06}}
| nationality=Spanish
}}
File:Statue of Enrique Nieto in Melilla.JPG)]]
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Enrique Nieto y Nieto (October 6, 1880 or 1883 – January 20, 1954) was a Spanish architect known for his Modernisme style (not to be confused with modernism), which he continued to receive commissions to design even after it fell out of favor. He was a student of Antoni Gaudí and followed his master's style when he designed noted projects in Barcelona and Melilla. In 1939, he was appointed city architect of Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Mellila's collection of modernisme-style buildings constitutes the second largest concentration of representatives of the style outside of Barcelona.
Places of worship
Nieto designed the main synagogue, Or Zaruah (or Holy Light{{Cite web |url=http://www.oapee.es/documentum/MECPRO/Web/weboapee/pap/comenius/eventos/noviembre07/melilla07informacion.pdf?documentId=0901e72b80004200 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143000/http://www.oapee.es/documentum/MECPRO/Web/weboapee/pap/comenius/eventos/noviembre07/melilla07informacion.pdf?documentId=0901e72b80004200 |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}) synagogue in 1924, the Central Mosque, and several buildings for the Catholic Church in Melilla.{{Cite web |url=http://www.melillaturismo.com/ingles/modernista.htm |title=Melilla - Tourist Promotion of Melilla - Modernist Melilla |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023432/http://www.melillaturismo.com/ingles/modernista.htm |archive-date=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead }}[https://archive.today/20130505053545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/article724725.ece The Daily Telegraph]
Other buildings
Art Nouveau was the driving force of Melilla's architecture during the first half of the 20th century. Brought to Melilla by Enrique Nieto, the style is deeply rooted in a city which was overcome with floral ornamentation. From that moment on, Melilla promoted a style that managed to take root and progress, changing all that had been built in the city before. Plants, flowers, animals and women's faces filled the Art Nouveau façades, in which the brown and cream colour ranges brought out the ornaments. Nieto is cited for receiving design inspiration from the noted Mezquita de Córdoba (Cordoba mosque).http://www.spain.info/MPTurSpainWeb/Images/BMM/Biblioteca/Folletos/Ciudades/C520002PDF.pdf{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
His notable work also includes the La Reconquista and Palacio Municipal (later renamed Autonomous City Palace{{Cite web |url=http://www.melillaturismo.com/ingles/paseos.htm |title=Melilla - Tourist Promotion of Melilla - Self-Guided Audio Tours |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023001/http://www.melillaturismo.com/ingles/paseos.htm |archive-date=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead }}) in Plaza de Europa.{{Cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Spain/Melilla-261258/Things_To_Do-Melilla-BR-1.html |title=Melilla Things to do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-date=2006-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527174610/http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Spain/Melilla-261258/Things_To_Do-Melilla-BR-1.html |url-status=dead }} Nieto designed the National Theatre and Cinema building in Melilla in the 1920s which has a more geometrical style than most modernisme designs.
He retired in 1949 and died of a heart attack five years later.{{Cite web |url=http://www.melillamonumental.org/ingles/dos/ingeniero.htm |title=Fundación Melilla Monumental | Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820204515/http://www.melillamonumental.org/ingles/dos/ingeniero.htm |archive-date=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead }}
Selected works
- C/ García Cabrelles, 1 y 3 (1928)
- C/ General Prim, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20 (1909–1910)
- Cine Nacional (1929)
- Avenida Juan Carlos I, 1 (1915–1916)
- Edificio "La Reconquista", Plaza Menéndez Pelayo, s/n (1915)
- Edificio "El Acueducto", c/ Reyes Católicos, 2 (1928)
- Casa de Tortosa o antiguo Economato Militar (1914)
- Casino Militar (1932)
- Sinagoga Yamín Benarroch, c/ López Moreno (1924)
- C/ López Moreno, 2, 14 y 20 (1924, 1923 y 1928)
- Palacio de la Asamblea (1933–1948)
- Edificio de "El Telegrama del Rif" (1912)
- Cámara de Comercio, c/ Cervantes, 7 (1913)
- Mezquita Central (1945)
- Avenida de la Democracia, 8
- Mercado del Real (1932)
- C/ Cardenal Cisneros, 2 (1935)
- C/ Cándido Lobera, 2 y 4 (1933–1935)
- Monumento a los Héroes de España (1941)
Gallery
File:EDIFICIO DEL ANTIGÜA REDACCIÓN EL TELEGRAMA DEL RIF.jpg|Antigua redacción de El Telegrama del Rif
File:Edificio El Acueducto.jpg|Casa de José García Álvaro (Edificio "El Acueducto")
File:CAMARA DE COMERCIO MELILLA.jpg|Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación
File:Mezquita central melilla.jpg|Mezquita Central
File:Edificio Avenida de la Democracia 8.jpg|Avenida de la Democracia, 8
Notes
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References
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20080820204515/http://www.melillamonumental.org/ingles/dos/ingeniero.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023001/http://www.melillaturismo.com/ingles/paseos.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023432/http://www.melillaturismo.com/ingles/modernista.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143000/http://www.oapee.es/documentum/MECPRO/Web/weboapee/pap/comenius/eventos/noviembre07/melilla07informacion.pdf?documentId=0901e72b80004200
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