CASA HEMEROSCOPEA
Hemeroscopea is the Spanish word used by the Greek navigators to refer to Montgó and Cabo de San Antonio as seen from the sea. Hemeroskopeion -tower or watchtower of the day- was a nautical reference.
The Hemeroscopea estate was built in 1941. Its first inhabitant was Vicente Escrivá Soriano, a well-known Spanish film-maker who, during the post-war period and up until the 1990s, was a successful scriptwriter and director of feature films and series of all kinds.





FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP
When Escrivá triumphed, he arrived in Jávea with one purpose in mind, to buy the old finca where his parents had been working for a well-known Jávea family as labourers and landlords, demolish it and build a new one. In one of the rooms of Hemeroscopea there is an emblem that Escrivá made his own "From the Bottom to the Top", with an arrow, so as not to forget his humble origins and the opportunity to prosper and climb the ladder in the difficult elitist society of the last century.
The oldest people in Jávea still remember some of the parties in this house during the golden age of cinema. Few know today and perhaps in those years, that in Hemeroscopea slept Rita Hayworth, Raphael, Manuel Salvador, Pilar Cansino, after the mythical glamorous evenings within the walls of the house of Escrivá.
PLEASANT WALKS IN THE GARDEN..
Hemeroscopea has a strong influence of the house of his great friend Juan Tena, the layout of the tosca, the porch and the windows are of the same architecture as the El Colomer estate, built a century earlier.
The villa has a large garden and orchard that stretches from the Avenida del Puerto to the Camí Vell de la Mar. The main gate to the plot leads to the house along a pathway lined with cypress trees left and right.
CREATING A PLACE OF INSPIRATION
The house, the surroundings, the garden and the orchard invite to design a new ideal place for a film school with screenings, competitions, film sets...etc.
Also could be a restaurant-museum, a charming venue for social events or a small botanical garden with its own house for concerts and other events. In terms of accommodation, it could be a finca for holiday rentals in its entirety or for flats...
Avenida del Puerto, 11. Jávea.
Building: 1.277 m2
Plot: 14.130m2.
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