House of Vizarrón, Manor house in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain.
The House of Vizarrón is a large manor house built in the late 1600s and early 1700s in El Puerto de Santa María in Cadiz province. It features a seven-part facade with a grand entrance arch, Tuscan columns, and a coat of arms flanked by siren figures, while inside there is a spacious arcaded courtyard with marble columns and stairs leading to the upper floors.
The house was built around 1700 by Juan de Vizarrón Araníbar, a wealthy merchant and knight of the Order of Alcántara involved in American trade. In 1729, King Felipe V signed an important document here that restructured the city's governance and granted the owner special privileges.
The house served as a residence for wealthy merchants involved in American trade. Their prosperity was expressed through spacious rooms for entertaining and elaborate decorative details like the coat of arms displayed on the main facade.
The building is located at Plaza del Polvorista with entrances from multiple streets featuring differently designed gates. Visitors can observe the outer facade and the inner courtyard with arcades, which shows how residential and business functions were combined in the layout.
The original title Casa de las Cadenas comes from a special honor: after the important royal visit in 1729, the owner received the privilege of hanging chains on the house facade as a sign of his new authority. This detail, expressing power and status, is documented in the city's historical archives.
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