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~ The Palace
and its principal rooms ~
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Inside Palacio
de San Benito you will encounter many unforgettable corners full of
charm, which makes this an unique place. We invite you to roam and
enjoy a Virtual Tour through its main rooms.
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The Patio & Gallery
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The Fountain-Pool
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The
Library
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The Lodge
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Bar Cazalla
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Bar Cazalla Terrace
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Hall
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The Restaurant
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Music Room
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The Palace Chapel
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The Patio &
Gallery
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The Patio
of columns, the fountain, the 16th century mosaic tiles, the background
settings of water and plants, makes this a haven for reading or
enjoying a good snack. In other corners the Gallery, numerous paintings
and tapestries from Brussels and of Aubusson, decorates various
atmospheres.
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The
Fountain-Pool
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Like
the Roman pools, the palaces fountain-Pool models traces of the
renaissance so spread out in the 16th century Seville. It is dedicated
to the visit of Felipe V to the Village of Cazalla in 1730. Besides the
beauty of its design surrounding the grand Central Patio with sounds of
waterfall, it adds its function as swimming pool of San Benito. A
unique scene, designed to sun bathe under historic surroundings and
beauty.
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The
Gallery
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Surrounding
the central patio of San Benito the Gallery apears, like
the Hotel Lobby, with its grand hall windows. Numerous paintings and
tapestries from Brussels and of Aubusson adorn different atmospheres,
all of them showered by the sunlight coming through the large draped
windows .
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The Library
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The
Hotels lounge is the Library, with a magnificent chimney in “Carrara”
marble from the II Imperial epoch, a salon that remembers the
atmosphere of the Victorians of the 19th century. Epoch furnishings
crafted of mahogany, mirror, television ,
video, CD & DVD like a technological counterpoint , convert this
space into a cosy room making it ideal for relaxed reading or a
pleasant chat.
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Bar
Cazalla
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The small bar is a quaint
space emphasizing the unique ceiling of Mudéjar style in
"lacería". A tile originating from a bar of the nearby town of
Guadalcanal, named Bar Cazalla. The Bar has a small terrace next to the
fountain pool.
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Bar
Cazalla Terrace
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The bar area has a sunny
terrace next to the Fountain-Pool. From here we are able to see the
small Bullring and the country fields of Cazalla, with its
Mudéjar orchards, still today cultivated with plows pulled by
mules, popular postcard images only seen in these lands, as well as the
use of donkeys for the transport of olives and cork.
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The
Lodge
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From the Music
Room or from the Gallery we enter the Lodge, the place
where breakfasts and dinners feel like eternity under the attentive
watch of the gravestone, reminiscence of the finished works in 1576. A
light wood gold finished baroque rosette dominates the room.
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Hall
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| The Hall area is from where you enter Palace. Familiar portraits preside over the area, the most noticeable is of its Excellence Mr. Don Manuel Maria de Morales and Molas, Governor of Seville when the April Fair was founded, asigned Lieutenants to his office where the gentlemen Bonaplata and Ibarra. An original receipt for the rights to a stand at the fair, currently conserves its forth grandson and proprietor. This space connects with the Music room, the Dining room and the Lodge. |
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The Restaurant
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| The magnificent collection of Spanish ceramics mixed with 19th century English dishes. Two portraits set over splendid chimneys and two mahogany tables of enormous proportions are accompanied by 18th century English chairs. All this, dressed in ajuar of top quality, makes this an ideal setting for private meals, banquets or conferences, under the direction our Maitre Manuel González and the high standard quality Kitchen of our Chef Carmen Infante. |
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Music
Room
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| The Music Room is dedicated to the family Jódar. The parents to the first Jódar were members of the Royal House of Leon. His older son was Don Sancho Martinez de Jódar, first Military Governer of Andalusia and founder of the family name. Angel Branches, with the collaboration of Clary Sanchez de Moya, has created the decorative paintings. Furniture of different origins and great value, pictures of family and one magnific "Erad" piano, complete the accessability to large Dome of Martín de Gaínza and its grand stairways covered with 16th century tiles. |
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The
Palace Chapel
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| The Palace Chapel is attributed to the Faith of its owners. It presides over a magnificent altar, of Sevillian Rococo style, with a gorgeous image of the "Virgen de Carmen". There you will find the original sketch of the "Santo Christo de Jódar", the the 16th century "Virgen de La Paz", as well as the 16th century "Santísimo Christo de Mata" , in memory of the homonymy that is in the family property " Mayorazgo ", in the village of Bormujos. The mural paintings are work of Sevillian artist Amaro Sanchez de Moya. |
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Palacio de San Benito · Cazalla de la Sierra · Sevilla
· Spain +34 954883336
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