Casa de Zorrilla, Historic house museum in Valladolid, Spain
Casa de Zorrilla is a two-story residential building in Valladolid, furnished in the style of the poet's era and displaying his personal belongings throughout its rooms. The spaces preserve his life and work through original documents and items that reflect his daily existence and literary career.
José Zorrilla was born in this rented house on 21 February 1817; his parents leased it from the Marquis of Revilla. He lived here for his first seven years and briefly again in 1866, after returning from Mexico. After his death, Valladolid city council bought the building to honour his memory and turned it into a house museum; in 1965 it was declared a Monument of Historic-Artistic Interest.
The house keeps the memory of José Zorrilla through the objects linked to him: his desk, donated by his widow, and the death mask sculptor Aurelio Rodríguez-Vicente Carretero took from his face, later used for the monument in Plaza de Zorrilla. On the facade, a commemorative plaque with a bust by Pastor Valsero was placed in 1895.
The house stands on Calle Fray Luis de Granada, in the centre of Valladolid. It has two floors, a basement and a garden, so the visit is short and fits easily between other stops in the city. The ground floor was fitted out as a library through the work of Narciso Alonso Cortés.
The death mask of Zorrilla, taken from his face by sculptor Aurelio Rodríguez-Vicente Carretero, is kept in the house and was used to make the monument on Plaza de Zorrilla. Among the paintings on the main floor is a large canvas, La llegada al campamento by Ruiz de Valdivia, showing a Carlist War scene.
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