What you'll hear inside Viana Palace:

• 1
  Reception Patio

  The palace's principal entrance since the sixteenth century, featuring a Renaissance doorway designed by Juan de Ochoa.

• 2
  Patio de los Gatos

  A sixteenth-century residential courtyard named after the cats that were drawn to the aromas wafting from the nearby kitchens.

• 3
  Courtyard of the Oranges

  The original entrance to the palace in the 15th century, this courtyard is planted with numerous orange trees and features an ornamental pool.

• 4
  Patio de las Rejas

  Distinguished by its monumental wrought-iron grilles created by Bartolomé de los Reyes in 1624, designed to display the family's elevated social standing.

• 5
  Madama Courtyard

  An 18th-century courtyard centred around a fountain with a naiad statue, surrounded by cypress trees planted in the early 20th century.

• 6
  Garden

  The palace's largest area, spanning 1,200 m², laid out with sixteen French-style boxwood parterres.

• 7
  Courtyard of the Pond

  Incorporated in 1814, this was formerly a country estate where the Viana family managed their rural properties.

• 8
  Court of the Well

  A courtyard featuring a well that draws water from the Colodro stream to supply the entire palace.

• 9
  Courtyard of the Chapel

  The main courtyard of the former Torres Cabrera mansion from the 17th century, named after the adjoining chapel which features paintings by Valdés Leal.

• 10
  Archive Courtyard

  The innermost courtyard of this 18th-century complex, housing the palace archive with over 300,000 documents spanning from the 12th to the 20th centuries.

• 11
  Mosaic Hall

  Original entrance to a house featuring a remarkable Roman mosaic from the 4th century, discovered in the Moratalla palace and relocated here in 1923.

• 12
  Tobías Hall

  A hall decorated with anonymous eighteenth-century murals depicting the biblical narrative of the Book of Tobias alongside the Archangel Saint Raphael.

• 13
  Tile Gallery

  Houses a collection of 236 Islamic and Spanish tiles spanning the 13th to 19th centuries, representing one of the world's most significant assemblies of its kind.

• 14
  Salon de Goya

  Displays Spanish tapestries from the Royal Santa Bárbara Factory woven from cartoons by Francisco de Goya, including works such as 'The Lady and the Soldier'.

• 15
  Library

  A library housing over seven thousand volumes in various languages, including several editions of Don Quixote and the Vulgate Bible.