Comparison Casa Pilatos and Palacio Dueñas
Similar facts and features:
- Their Gothic-Mudejar and Renaissance styles.
- Both belonged to the same Enríquez de Ribera family.
- The architect Benvenuto Tortello took part in their extentions.
- Location in the historic center.
- Similar prices and visiting hours:
- Casa Pilatos: http://en.fundacionmedinaceli.org/monumentos/pilatos/
- Palacio Dueñas: https://www.lasduenas.es/visitor-information-1
Different facts and features:
Casa Pilatos
- The most important collection of tiles in Seville, with up to 150 different designs.
- Extraordinary collection of Greco-Roman sculpture.
- Impressive coffered ceilings and inlays.
- The ashes of the Roman emperor Trajan are said to be found next to an orange tree in the gardens.
- Approximate duration of the visit: 60-75 minutes.
Palace of Las Dueñas
- The history of the ‘Casa de Alba’ (House of Alba) –prominent Spanish aristocratic family– continues to this day with current figures, such as the now-disappeared Cayetana de Alba.
- Excellent gardens. Recently joined the project ‘Great Gardens of the World’, the only one in Spain.
- More than 1,400 objects, some over 500 years old. Important works of inlays and tapestries.
- Birthplace of the famous Spanish poet Antonio Machado. Every year at Easter a famous ‘saeta’ composed by Machado is sung to the ‘Cristo de los Gitanos’ (Christ of the Gypsies) in front of the palace, as he passes through there during ‘La Madrugá’ (Good Friday processions).
- A chapel where the explorer and merchant Amerigo Vespucci was married. America -the continent- is called after him.
- Approximate duration of the visit: 75-90 minutes.
General explanation and brief description of the two most famous Sevillian palace-houses to help you choose and visit one of them:
Casa Pilatos

Main courtyard in Casa Pilatos, Seville. FOTO: MACARENA TOURS
Rooms named after the passion of Christ
Las Dueñas Palace

Main courtyard of Las Dueñas Palace in Seville. FOTO: PALACIO DE LAS DUEÑAS
Prominent and significant figures

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