Ca´n Tacón

Description:

The house exhibits a façade with four floors in height. The coronella windows, with three arches and two columns on the right hand side, on the corner with Gavarrera street, are worth mentioning. The portal features a rounded, lintelled arch. The entrance presents a portal to the right, above a staircase with a metal handrail and an interesting stone staircase to the left. The Archduke mentioned this latter staircase in his works: elegant staircase with a stone handrail. A lowered arch leads to the patio. Looking up from the patio, an interesting view of seven coronella windows, some in Gothic style and others that were subject to reforms in the XIXth century. In the back of the patio, a further lowered arch and a covered area, featuring a lowered arch at the back.

Historical Reference:

This house was owned by the Gual-Desmur family as of the XVIth century. In the year 1800 it was bought by the Montaner de Cervera family. The house owes its name to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, general captain of the Balearics (1843-1847) and owner of the house.

In the year 1975, the mansion was subject to refurbishment works. This modernisation was led by the architect Lluís Garcia-Ruiz Guasp. In the year 1985 it was owned by the family Delgado Roses.

References:

- Habsburg-Lorena: La ciudad de Palma (The city of Palma), 113

- Gambús-Massanet, 1987, 85

- GEM, XVII, 84

- Patis de Palma (The Patios of Palma): Town Hall of Palma - Baltar & Associats, 2002, p. 123

- Catalogue of the Town Hall of Palma, 2005.