Casa de las Conchas
Salamanca, Spain
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
The Casa de las Conchas is a mansion in Salamanca, central Spain, now housing a public library. Built from 1493 to 1517 by Rodrigo Arias de Maldonado, a knight of the Order of Santiago and a professor at the University of Salamanca, it is known for its façade, which mixes late Gothic and Plateresque elements and is decorated with more than 300 shells, a symbol of the Order of Santiago and of pilgrims on the Way of St. James.
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- Type
- mansion
- Heritage
- bien de interés cultural
- Place
- Salamanca, Spain
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