Casa Museo de Tudanca, 18th-century manor house museum in Tudanca, Spain
Casa Museo de Tudanca is an 18th-century manor house in a Cantabrian village with a substantial library containing over 25,000 books, manuscripts, and family archives within its stone walls. The building preserves the original furnishings and room arrangement, showing how the family lived across generations.
The manor house was built in 1752 by Pascual Fernández de Linares after his return from Peru. Later it became the home of writer José María de Cossío, which attracted other significant authors to visit.
The house displays the authentic interior of a noble mountain home, with traditional Cantabrian domestic architecture across three levels. The rooms show how wealthy families lived and arranged their spaces in this region.
The museum is open only for guided tours lasting around 45 minutes that must be booked in advance. Parking for cars and buses is available at the village entrance.
Several major writers including Miguel de Unamuno and Rafael Alberti visited the house, with Alberti writing parts of his autobiographical work here in 1957. These literary visits made the manor a gathering place for intellectuals of that era.
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