Casa Salinas de Seville

Palace in Seville

La Casa de Salinas is a 16th Palace located in the historic Old Town of Seville, still inhabited by his owners. It is located close to the Cathedral, the Royal Alcázar and the Archivo de Indias museum. Inside you will see two courtyards are adorned with opulent XVI-century tiles, Carrara marble columns, intricate “plateresco” stucco embellishments, and lavish wood ceilings. Enhancing the floor of the patio-garden is a splendid Roman mosaic from the II century AD, discovered a century ago inItalica.

What you will see at Casa Salinas

The building has a very simple façade. The main door is flat and allows access to a hall-stop paved with stone slabs from Tarifa. You then enter a double-height main courtyard which is  surrounded by marble columns that form semicircular arches, which are adorned with beautiful 16th-century plasterwork.

The walls are covered with tiles manufactured in Triana in the 16th century. In a second interior patio there is a beautiful mosaic from the 2nd century dedicated to Bacchus from the Roman city of Itálica. Overlooking this you can see the image of the Virgen de los Remedios which had been moved from the old Convent of Los Remedios in Seville. The upper floor has different stained glass windows made by a Cartuja de Sevilla-Pickman.

Around the main patio are the rooms of the house and the staircase that connects the two floors. In this type of buildings it was customary to use the rooms on the lower floor in summer because they are cooler and those on the upper floor in winter. It therefore has a summer dining room and a winter dining room.

Like several other city palaces (Casa de Pilatos, Palacio de Lebrija and Palacio de las Dueñas), it’s privately owned, with the family still in residence, hence visits are by guided tour only.

History of Casa Salinas, Seville

The original building was built in 1577 by Baltasar de Jaén, and was his main residence for his family until the 19th century. Since 1843, the building had been a Masonic lodge, workshop and school.

It has been in the possession of the Salinas family since 1930 and the family has sympathetically restored the palace to its original appearance.

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Visiting Casa Salinas de Seville

Hours:

10am-6pm Mon-Fri mid-Oct–mid-Jun, to 2pm mid-Jun–mid-Oct


Price:

€8/4

Address: Palacio de los marqueses de Salinas, Calle Mateos Gago, 39 41004 Sevilla Spain
Telephone: +34 619 254 498
Duration: 1 hours
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