{"id":7100,"date":"2015-01-15T19:10:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experienciasapie.com\/en\/casas-palacio-sevillanas\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T10:37:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T08:37:53","slug":"palaces-seville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/experienciasapie.com\/en\/palaces-seville\/","title":{"rendered":"Palaces in Seville"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The main part of the palaces in Seville were built during the Renaissance period (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries). Several wealthy families converted their houses in\u00a0sumptuous palaces, some of them real monuments declared cultural interested goods (BIC).<\/p>\n

Their structure tried to imitate the impressive Pedro I palace inside the Reales Alc\u00e1zares<\/strong><\/a>, always with a courtyard in the ground floor that represents the heart of the house, and several rooms around it and in the first floor.<\/p>\n

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The most stunning example of all the\u00a0palaces in Seville is\u00a0Casa de Pilatos<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u00b4s\u00a0a harmonious blend of gothic, mudejar and renaissance styles. The construction was carried out by Pedro Enriquez de Ribera, after visiting Jerusalem. When he came back to Seville<\/strong>, he set up a Via Crucis<\/em>, with the first stop at home. The last was in a cross placed outside the city, in the middle of the field. The distance between these stops is 997 meters, and why? Because he wanted the same length that separates the palace of Poncio Pilatos where Jesus was judged from the hill where he was crucified.<\/p>\n

Already in the twentieth century a well known beer company settled down near the cross, nowadays inside the city. Do you know the brand name? (In spanish: cross=cruz and field=campo).<\/p>\n

Once inside the palace, we can admire the central courtyard, with its mud\u00e9jar plasterwork decorations. And probably has\u00a0the most\u00a0important art\u00b4s collection of all the palaces in Seville. For example\u00a0sculptures representing roman goddesses and emperors, paintings, marble fonts, etc. Don\u00b4t miss it! You should check why some directors chose the palace to record some scenes of their films; for example David Lean\u00b4s \u201cLawrence of Arabia<\/em>\u201d or Ridley Scott\u00b4s \u201cThe Kingdom of Heaven\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Other good example of palace in Seville it\u00b4s the birth house of Miguel Ma\u00f1ara; he was a\u00a0man who carry on his shoulders a creepy legend about the reason of changing his life after being a \u201cbad boy\u201c. He carried out the foundation of the \u201cHospital de la Caridad\u201d <\/strong>in the seventeenth century, still nowadays a charity institution. The palace, inside the old jewish quarter<\/strong>, has a beautiful fa\u00e7ade, with marble columns and beautiful iron grilles in their windows. If you stare at them you\u00b4ll check the different shapes!<\/p>\n

We can also highlight the\u00a0Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija<\/strong><\/a>, with an important collection of mosaics; taken\u00a0from Italica<\/em><\/strong>, an old roman city next to Seville. The \u201cCasa de los Pinelo\u201d, <\/strong>with a peaceful courtyard decorated with plasterwork leant in Carrara<\/em> marble columns; and of course the famous \u201cPalacio de Due\u00f1as\u201d, <\/strong>property of the Alba duchy and residence of the recently deceased Cayetana de Alba, a celebrity in Sevilla.<\/p>\n

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Discover the history\u00a0of these\u00a0<\/strong>palaces\u00a0<\/strong>in our daily “free walking tour Seville<\/a>“. But\u00a0if you feel like\u00a0customizing your visit, we encourage you to take advantage of the knowledge of a “private tour guide in Seville<\/a>“, so you could get to know whichever palace you want.<\/p>\n

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