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Castillo Azul

Bolivia

Heritage status
national monument of Bolivia
Location
Tarija
Coordinates
-21.53439°, -64.72689°
Links
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Castillo Azul in Bolivia
Photo: Maria Cristina Tajima · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Castillo Azul is a building located in the city of Tarija, in the south of Bolivia. It stands on Calle Bolívar between Calle Junín and Calle O'Connor. It was commissioned by Mr Moisés Navajas Ichazo, a merchant businessman who had previously had the Casa Dorada built in Tarija. This building was a country house of the Navajas family, and its structure was designed by the Swiss-Italian architect Miguel Camponovo Pagano; mud adobes, bricks, lime, stone, round timber and plaster were used in it. It was designed in line with the European trend of Art Nouveau for its construction.

It is considered one of the most emblematic buildings of the city of Tarija. The house is private, but private visits are accepted by prior arrangement with the owners.

Machine-translated from “Castillo Azul (Bolivia)” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Castillo Azul ranks #9,568 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #3 of the 3 mapped in Bolivia. See how Bolivia compares in the castle statistics.

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