Built from the late 15th century for a noble family whose head had travelled to Jerusalem, the house takes its name from a supposed resemblance to Pilate's. What it actually is: the clearest surviving example of how Seville's nobility built, combining Mudéjar plaster and tile with classical statuary brought from Italy.
⭐ The main courtyard has Roman sculpture in its corners and a tiled dado beneath carved plaster — two traditions in the same wall, and nobody at the time thought that odd.
It is quieter than the Alcázar and shows a great deal of the same craft.
Our tip
Go if the Alcázar is sold out. It is not a substitute, but it is the nearest thing and it rarely queues.
Casa de Pilatos, photographed
