Alfonso Yuste Navarro is credited with making the favored mural named Casa de los Gatos, which interprets to ‘Cat house’.
A small mural designed particularly to cater to native cats in Spain is successful over netizens. The mural, positioned within the slender streets of Valencia, a municipality in Spain, has been designed as a small home with a door. It is constructed on the wall of an area museum. The cats use the ‘door’ of this mural home to enter and exit the museum advanced. This mural is known as Casa de los Gatos, which interprets to ‘Cat house’.
Artist Alfonso Yuste Navarro created the mural in 2003. A Spanish inscription on the mural says, “In memory of the four cats that were left in Barrio del Carmen in 1094.” Barrio del Carmen is a neighbourhood in Valencia, whereas the inscription references the legend of the “four cats”.
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In the yr 1094, Valencia was below Cid Campeador, a warlord in medieval Spain who believed that cats introduced unhealthy luck. So he ordered the mass killing of cats in Valencia. However, 4 cats escaped the wrath of his regime and survived.
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On Sunday, well-liked X account @Rainmaker1973 posted a video of Casa de los Gatos that confirmed a black cat utilizing it. This clip has over 32,000 likes. Commenting on it, an X consumer wrote, “That’s a great use of his artistic skills. I love this! I wish every city would have this. I would just want to walk around looking for all of the kitty houses!”.
Another individual wrote, “Impressive art. « The house is only a foot or two tall but it is designed in a classically Valencian style. It has a Spanish tiled roof, a little fountain, and a ‘garden’ to the side (actually just one potted plant). »”.
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First printed on: 18-09-2023 at 13:58 IST
