| Casa de los Azulejos Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba | |
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 View of the Casa de los Azulejos from 5 de Mayo Street | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | New Spanish Baroque |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
The Casa de los Azulejos ("House of Tiles") or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba (Palace of the Counts of Valley of Orizaba) is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, built by the Count of the Valle de Orizaba family. The building is distinguished by its facade, which is covered on three sides by blue and white colonial Talavera tiles from Puebla state. The palace remained in private hands until near the end of the 19th century. It changed hands several times before being bought by the Sanborns brothers who expanded their soda fountain/drugstore business into one of the best-recognized restaurant chains in Mexico. The house today serves as their flagship restaurant.[1][2]
The counts of the Valle de Orizaba began construction of the palace in the 16th century.[3] Descendants of this House of Orizaba covered the exterior of the palace in 1737 with the beautiful azulejos that are seen today.[3][4]
- ^ "La Casa los Azulejos" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Sanborns. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Lopez Velvarde Estrada, Monica. "EL PALACIO DE LOS AZULEJOS: LUGAR DE HISTORIAS NACIONALES CIEN AÑOS DE SANBORNS" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Museo Soumaya. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ a b Luis Gonzalez Obregón (1909). México viejo y anecdótico (PDF). Robarts Toronto. p. 201.
- ^ "La Casa de los Azulejos". cdmxtravel.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2019.