Works of the Architect Francisco Ferriol in Alcañices (Zamora) at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

Abstract

Architecture has been used throughout history as a tool for representing political, economic and social power. In many cases resorting to prominent professionals. The risky process of gestation of several buildings designed at the beginning of the 20th century in Alcañices (Zamora) by Francisco Ferriol, introducer of modernism in the province, shows the difficulties of the Spanish public administration to equip itself with decent infrastructure, which would have an impact on a modern, attractive and respectable image. At the same time, the research highlights the use of bourgeois housing as an element of social differentiation, through the implantation of modern and urban architecture in a traditional rural context.