The Palace of Dueñas is perhaps, with the Cathedral, the Alcazar and Santa Cruz neighbourhood, the best known monument in Seville. This palace belongs to one of the most renowned families in Spain: the House of Alba, whose origins date back to the 14th century, and the actual owners decided to open it to the public only four years ago, when the last Duchess of Alba died. In it, the tourist will be able to enjoy, not only of a placid and romantic walk through the gardens that inspired one of our most illustrious poets, such as Machado, but will also be able to visit the most emblematic rooms where one of the most beloved characters in Seville lived: María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, descendant of Jacobo II of England and his lover Arabella Churchill and known as the last Duchess. Visiting the Palace of Dueñas means to know a bit more how Cayetana was and to share her passion for life.

Pilate’s House, located at the Square with the same name, invites us to visit one of the least known monuments in the city and one of the most mistreated during the wars that Seville has experienced. However, Disney already said it in “Mulan”: “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” And Pilate’s House is precisely that flower, which has endured so much adversity and offers us a decadent romantic beauty with a history full of symbology, mythology and legends. The ideal visit to understand a little more about our culture, our architecture and the hidden magic of some corners of Seville.