Can Corbella

Can Corbella, in Palma

Can Corbella is a singular building of Palma, one of the first buildings to announce modernism in the town. The Palma audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this residence with a particular charm, which mixes oriental influences and inventiveness, near the Plaça de Cort.

The precursor building with oriental influences

Can Corbella is one of the most original buildings of the centre of Palma and one of the precursors of modernism in the town. Built at the end of the nineteenth century, it already announces the break with traditional architecture and the taste for fantasy that will characterise the modernist movement. Its façade stands out by its unusual decor, where you recognise neo-Mudéjar and orientalising influences: plays of bricks, polylobed arches, geometric motifs and worked windows compose a refined and exotic ornamentation, inspired by Islamic and Andalusian art, which was then in fashion. This building testifies to the creative effervescence of the end of the nineteenth century, when the architects drew from the styles of the past and of elsewhere to invent new forms. Located near the Plaça de Cort, in the heart of the old town, Can Corbella surprises and seduces by its unique appearance. An original precursor of insular modernism, Can Corbella is a fine stop of the discovery of Palma.

What to see

You admire one of the most original buildings of Palma, a precursor of modernism built at the end of the nineteenth century, with a façade with neo-Mudéjar and orientalising decor made of plays of bricks, polylobed arches, geometric motifs and worked windows inspired by Islamic and Andalusian art, near the Plaça de Cort. Can Corbella is an original precursor of the modernism of Palma. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

Can Corbella lies near the Plaça de Cort, in the heart of the old town of Palma, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the street; it is a building whose interior follows its own conditions. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What is particular about Can Corbella in Palma?

It is one of the precursors of modernism in Palma, built at the end of the nineteenth century; its façade with neo-Mudéjar and orientalising decor, made of plays of bricks, polylobed arches and geometric motifs inspired by Islamic and Andalusian art, makes it a singular building near the Plaça de Cort.

Where is Can Corbella in Palma?

Near the Plaça de Cort, in the heart of the old town of Palma de Mallorca, in Spain.