Blog Casa de Pilatos in Seville

From 18 September to 9 November in Seville, you can visit at Casa de Pilatos, an exhibition with featuring the most colorful costumes who have been starring in the television series "Isabel". In the exhibition "Isabella and her time" with gowns and accessories appearing on the television series, you can see valuable documents submitted by the file of the Casa of Medinaceli. Most are letters and manuscripts of Ferdinand and Isabella to the Duke, but can also be bulls of the time, population requests and other texts of historical interest. The House of Pilate is the best scenario that could have an exhibition like this, and there are many links between the building of the House of Medinaceli with the period of these monarchs: the House of Pilate construction began during the reign Elizabeth I and the first founder of this house was Pedro Enriquez, uncle of King Ferdinand.

Isabel the Catholic and her time

The exhibition is located on the top floor of the House of Pilate and the first of the rooms is dedicated to the court of Castile. Among the documents that compose a letter out of the Catholic Monarchs to Diego Fernández. In the area of ??clothing, the room shows the splendor and ceremony surrounding the court of Queen, very concerned about fashion and Renaissance influence on the clothing, which was adding Moorish characteristics (silk, cotton and saffron color). The second room is dedicated to an "itinerant court" and in her ceremonial costume worn by the queen in the capitulations of Segovia and a letter to the Countess appreciated. The third of the rooms, for the "succession conflict," has two of the most anticipated by all who follow the series 'Isabel', the wedding, along with other elements such as the scepter, crown and sword costumes. The penultimate room is dedicated to this feat of kings in Granada, with elements as important as a letter of Ferdinand Count of Feria informing decision-Nazari city or some of the actresses wore costumes of the series.