Can Baltasar I
Although this is a narrow dwelling with a façade barely four metres wide, it features notable Modernist decoration concentrated around all the building’s openings, as well as in the bands and lintels.
Particularly noteworthy is the ceramic decoration with geometric motifs, characteristic of the popular Modernism that spread across Mallorca at the beginning of the 20th century. Also
prominent is the stonework, where floral, vegetal and geometric motifs decorate the lintels and pillars of the ground floor and first floor.
The main door stands out for its wrought-iron finial, which harmonises with the balcony railing, also made of ironwork, on the ground-floor window. In the centre of the façade, the coat of arms of the Romero family is preserved.
The house later belonged to the family of Baltasar Marquès, who also owned the adjacent property. After the death of his son Josep Marquès, the property passed to his brother Ramon and, in 1917, to Ramon’s daughter Antònia Maria Marquès. Fifteen years later it was sold.
The area where this building is located was known as Els Trasts (Sol, la Palma), because it was originally formed by plots of very similar size. It was the first urbanised area of Sóller and, before its urban development, vineyards were the predominant land use.
