House Fabiola-Mariano Bellver Donation, Art museum in Seville, Spain.
House Fabiola is a three-story residence in Seville that holds an art collection spanning multiple centuries and regions. A central courtyard and marble staircase structure the interior, with galleries displaying paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and decorative objects throughout the rooms.
The building began as a 16th-century residence that was modified and reused over the following centuries by different owners and institutions. It became a museum when opened to display the collected artworks to the public.
The house shows how Seville's wealthy families arranged their homes and decorated their spaces, with rooms organized around a central courtyard following traditional Andalusian design. Walking through reveals the collecting habits of people with broad European connections and refined tastes.
The residence is manageable in size and can be explored in one to two hours at a relaxed pace, allowing time to look at individual objects. Comfortable walking shoes help since moving between floors and rooms involves navigating stairs and corridors.
The collection reflects items gathered during travels across Europe by its owners, including rare ceramic pieces and gold works not commonly seen together. These personal assemblages reveal how goods and tastes moved along historical trade routes and cultural networks.
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