Palauet Nolla, palace in Meliana, Spain

Palauet Nolla is a late-17th-century manor in Meliana whose rectangular main body measures about 20 by 10 metres. A tower attached to the north facade held the stairs to the upper level, where produce was dried and stored. The south facade, facing the Camí del Barranquet, was the main front, marked by carved stonework.

An alquería was built here in the late 17th century; in 1844, after the desamortización, the Dominican order's property passed to the Valencian Sagrera family, who turned it into a country house. In 1860 Miguel Nolla used the estate of his wife Juana Sagrera Guix for his mosaic factory and made the building its showroom. In 1917 Nolla's children sold the factory to the Swiss firm Gardy S.A., and the house became the residence of director Óscar Waetzig.

The building takes its popular name, Villa Yvonne, from Yvonne Volozan, daughter of Óscar Waetzig, the Swiss Gardy S.A. director who lived here from 1917; she stayed until the 1980s. Mosaics cover the floors, skirting boards, the west facade and the tower cupola, and a portrait of founder Miguel Nolla sits high on the east facade facing the factory courtyard.

The building opens for guided tours on Saturdays and Sundays and visits require advance registration. Booking can be done through the Meliana City Council mobile application.

The portrait of company founder Miguel Nolla sits high on the east facade, facing the former factory courtyard as if greeting arriving visitors. The mosaic compositions also cover the tower cupola, a detail easily missed from ground level.