Archivo General De Indias in Seville

As you visit Seville, you will be amazed to notice that history is retained in this city through architecture, music, dance, documents and even antique relics. If you are a culture-seeker, then don’t miss out visiting Archivo General De Indias in Seville.

Archivo General De Indias and its building has already been enlisted as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. History says that the archives of the Consejo de Indias or the Council of the Indies were scheduled to be brought to this building for collection of all records pertaining to the Spanish empire in 1785. José de Gálvez y Gallardo, secretary for the Indies, in turn gave the historian Juan Bautista Muñoz the charge of carrying out the project. You will find the archives full of precious records like from the first of the Conquistadors to the 19th century.

Features of Archivo General De Indias in Seville

  -  Archivo General De Indias in Seville or the General Archive of the Indies, is the document storehouse located in the ancient merchants' exchange, the Casa Lonja de Mercaderes.
  -  Archivo General De Indias contains documents that display the history of the Spanish empire in the Americas and the Philippines.
  -  The structure that hosts Archivo General De Indias in Seville was designed by Juan de Herrera to showcase Italianate Spanish form of Renaissance architecture.
  -  Philip II of the Casa de Contratación or Casa Lonja had founded the building of Archivo General De Indias in 1572.
  -  As you enter the building, you will be impressed by the central patio with two storeys grandly built.