Friday, I visited the third palacio in Sevilla. This one has an incredible collection of antiquities housed in the least maintained home of the three that I have visited so far. Still very beautiful, as you can see from the photos, but a hazard for the old and infirm as the floors are badly buckling - a truly awful thing for the Roman era mosaics they contain. That said, it's possible they would have fared even worse in situ at Italica which we visited in 2023. The Palacio is less than ten minutes from Plaza del Salvador and does have many cases on display from the vast collection.
A mosaic covered in vines in the "garden"
There are many little delightful items throughout the palace, in display cases and on the walls.
A collection of ironwork that reminded me very much of the Barnes in Philadelphia but without the panache he displayed in choosing his matches with various works of art.
This is the Condesa apparently given the shrine where the portrait hangs.
the entrance is right on a city center street -
as you can see from this "outdoor" photo from across the street
So one more palacio/casa to visit in my rounds while Phil is away. More to come...
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