Blog Visits to the House of Salinas of Seville

The House of Salinas is located in the historic center of Seville, at Mateos Gago street. It was built around 1570, a period in which, thanks to the riches from America, nobles and merchants built their palaces in the then prevailing style, the Renaissance. Just the owner of the house Salinas ago and still family inhabiting it, launched a program of visits by half-hour: Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 14:00. The charge of driving tourists and locals building units are two students of the Faculty of Tourism and Finance from the University of Seville.

Renaissance palace in the center of Seville

The two girls welcome visitors in the hall of the house and entry to the house is through a small courtyard with a marble fountain. Then, it goes to the main courtyard that impresses tourists by different elements of the space: the platerescas plasterwork, the arches, the reddish color of the walls, the sixteenth-century Seville tiles, etc. After you reach the courtyard summer dining, from where it is accessed by a staircase to the second floor where the windows can only admire that compete in splendor with the coffered XVI century. Going down again you will enter a room where contrasts the classic furniture with abstract large painting of Manuel Salinas. A Roman mosaic Italica brought chairs the second courtyard. The house also has some legends: one that Murillo's remains were deposited in the small courtyard when, in the nineteenth century, the church was demolished Santa Cruz. Visitors return to the main courtyard and, before leaving, the guide leads them to an office headed by Manuel Salinas another box. Visitors often reflect his impressions in the visitors' book, which highlights one hand congratulations to the family's decision to show your heritage to citizens and other requests to be open to the public the second floor.