The building was built during the 16th century and a mixture of Italian Renaissance and Spanish Mudejar style. The Casa de Pilatos is said to be the concrete example of the Andalusian’s palace. The Marquis of Tarifa was said to be the first owner of the Casa de Pilatos. He used to visits different places and explore the culture, traditions and architectural designs of those places he used to visit. After he had come back from journey from Jerusalem to the city of Seville, he was inspired to renovate his palace into a a replica of the house of Pontius Pilate.
Since then, his building is more well known of the so called “house of Pilate” or the Casa de Pilatos. The owner of the said Palace in Seville contributes most of the glamorous designs where this has become the house of the Dukes of Medinaceli and still one of the stunning palaces in Seville.
The marble tiles used for renovating furnishing the palace in 1529 was made by the Genoan craftsmen. The courtyard were made influenced by the Mudejar style elaborated with plasterwork decorative. The arches that surrounds the building are commonly decorated designed with Gothic style. Those stone Balustrades that can be seen inside the palace were also influenced by a Gothic style.
There were three Roman statues that can be found at the palace, these were the replica of Minerva- the dancing muse and Ceres. A Greek goddess of warfare, wisdom and useful crafts- 15th century B.C statue of Athena.
After the building have been fully furnished. The descendants of the Marquises have decided to open its door for the public. And now, this has become one of the tourist attraction in Seville, Spain. Tourist and locals are welcome to visit their place and are open for picture taking souvenir. It has been told that the place itself is a priceless treasure of Seville. Paintings, artworks, architectures and more are those that people of Seville most proud of.
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