Official site
http://www. palaciodelebrija. com/
Ticket price:
Entrance to the 1st floor only (inspection on your own): 5 euros.
Entrance to the 2nd floor (only with a guide): 8 euros.
The palace was built in the 16th century. In 1901, the Countess de Lebrija (Dona Regla Manjon) bought the palace from the Counts of Miraflores and spent the next thirteen years restoring it.
The countess was passionate about archeology, and since 1922 she was a member of the Commission for Historical and Artistic Monuments of Seville. Therefore, I had the opportunity to collect in the palace a fairly large collection of various artifacts from the excavations of Andalusia.
On one of the olive plantations of the countess, not far from the ruins of Italica, the workers discovered the most beautiful mosaics, which it was decided to use for the interior of the palace.
Gradually, the trusted countesses visited many dilapidated estates of the aristocracy and monasteries, buying up archaeological finds and decorative elements left over from other eras: Arabic friezes, Seville ceramic tiles, Renaissance items. The Countess wanted to save numerous artistic values from loss and destruction. She bought everything she could and used it in the interior and decor of the palace. In terms of the richness and beauty of the collection, only the Archaeological Museum of Seville overshadows the Doñ a Regla collection. The Marquis de Lozoglia, director of the Academy of Fine Arts, described the palace as “the best in terms of floor, wall and ceiling covering”, 580 square meters of Roman mosaics make the Lebrija Palace the most important private collection in the world.
The palace, of course, is smaller than Pilate's House. The area of .2000 square meters is divided into the Winter quarters, located on the top floor, and the Summer quarters below.
The layout of the palace is typical of the manor houses of Seville: spacious halls (Medusa, Ganymede, Dionysus, Octagonal Room, Central Hall) are located around a large courtyard and a small garden. All rooms are decorated with Roman, Greek and Persian sculptures, Louis XVI period furniture, Etruscan ceramics, crockery and jewelry.
The staircase to the second floor is decorated in the Arabic style with mosaic tiles from the 16th-17th centuries. On the top floor there are living quarters - a dining room, a library of 6.000 books and a family archive, a ballroom, an office and living rooms decorated in different styles. Everything was preserved exactly as the countess left. Her descendants rarely appear in the family home, because they live in the vicinity of Seville. Some halls of the palace are provided for banquets and presentations.
http://www. palaciodelebrija. com/
Ticket price:
Entrance to the 1st floor only (inspection on your own): 5 euros.
Entrance to the 2nd floor (only with a guide): 8 euros.
The palace was built in the 16th century. In 1901, the Countess de Lebrija (Dona Regla Manjon) bought the palace from the Counts of Miraflores and spent the next thirteen years restoring it.
The countess was passionate about archeology, and since 1922 she was a member of the Commission for Historical and Artistic Monuments of Seville. Therefore, I had the opportunity to collect in the palace a fairly large collection of various artifacts from the excavations of Andalusia.
On one of the olive plantations of the countess, not far from the ruins of Italica, the workers discovered the most beautiful mosaics, which it was decided to use for the interior of the palace.
Gradually, the trusted countesses visited many dilapidated estates of the aristocracy and monasteries, buying up archaeological finds and decorative elements left over from other eras: Arabic friezes, Seville ceramic tiles, Renaissance items. The Countess wanted to save numerous artistic values from loss and destruction. She bought everything she could and used it in the interior and decor of the palace. In terms of the richness and beauty of the collection, only the Archaeological Museum of Seville overshadows the Doñ a Regla collection. The Marquis de Lozoglia, director of the Academy of Fine Arts, described the palace as “the best in terms of floor, wall and ceiling covering”, 580 square meters of Roman mosaics make the Lebrija Palace the most important private collection in the world.
The palace, of course, is smaller than Pilate's House. The area of .2000 square meters is divided into the Winter quarters, located on the top floor, and the Summer quarters below.
The layout of the palace is typical of the manor houses of Seville: spacious halls (Medusa, Ganymede, Dionysus, Octagonal Room, Central Hall) are located around a large courtyard and a small garden. All rooms are decorated with Roman, Greek and Persian sculptures, Louis XVI period furniture, Etruscan ceramics, crockery and jewelry.
The staircase to the second floor is decorated in the Arabic style with mosaic tiles from the 16th-17th centuries. On the top floor there are living quarters - a dining room, a library of 6.000 books and a family archive, a ballroom, an office and living rooms decorated in different styles. Everything was preserved exactly as the countess left. Her descendants rarely appear in the family home, because they live in the vicinity of Seville. Some halls of the palace are provided for banquets and presentations.
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