The Kiosks at San Telmo Park

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Category: Architecture · Subcategory: Squares, streets & markets · Year: 1923-1926 · Authors: Rafael Massanet y Faus, Eduardo Laforet Altolaguirre

At the northwest point of the park sits the splendid modernist kiosk, designed in 1923 by Rafael Massanet y Faus, on an octagonal base with unequal alternate sides. The larger sides had the steps and entrances on them, while the smaller ones had windows. It is topped off by a slightly pointed dome. It features a ceramic splintering covering the façade, highlighting its compositive elements (pillars around the edges, underlined with gaps) on an uninterrupted blue background. It also features windows inset with floral designs around the gaps and ceramic fruit shaped adornments sticking out on the cornice.

The Press Kiosk (formerly the Flower Stall, designed by Eduardo Laforet in 1926) is situated to the southwest of the park. It is on a polygonal base, has a "façade" facing the public, set back and surrounded by a doorway with classic columns Gothic gabled arches, and topped by a classic cornice and semi-spherical dome.

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