Casa Verde de Aguilar (monument)
Casa Verde de Aguilar is a domestic monument in the municipality of Gáldar, on Gran Canaria, and its significance starts with a family name. The house is named for its former owner, Marcos Verde de Aguilar y Trejo, a notable figure in 17th-century Gáldar. Architecturally, it belongs to an important “transition” moment in Canarian domestic building, spanning the 17th and 18th centuries. It’s a town house organized around a patio, with roofs of Arab tile, and an overall quadrangular plot in which the built form takes an “L” shape. One main wing faces the old Calle de la Barbada, while a lateral wing supported the former Colegio-Convento de la Sagrada Familia, raised to the north of the property. …
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