An architect behind the restoration of Spain’s oldest hotel, which was ridiculed for its ‘sodomised gargoyles’, has hit back at his critics.
Fernando Cobos carried out the works at the Hostal dos Reis Católicos in Santiago de Compostela, but sparked an outcry after critics complained about the building’s gargoyles having water pipes attached to their backsides.
Defending his design choice during a lecture in the northern Spanish city, Cobos argued it was ‘the least bad’ solution to deal with intense rainfall.
‘If you see a sodomised gargoyle where there is a spout, there is not much I can do,’ he told his critics.
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