Villa Suso Palace - Tourism in Vitoria-Gasteiz

The Villa Suso Palace owes its name to the fact that, as it was built into the city wall, its main entrance was located in the upper part, known as Villa Suso. It was commissioned around the year 1538 by Don Martín de Salinas, ambassador of Emperor Charles V. During the renovation of the building in the 1980s, a burial site with a tombstone was discovered, and there is a legend about a ghost that inhabits it. Today, the palace is used as a congress venue and as the headquarters of the municipal Department of Culture and Education, and it offers guided tours in Spanish and Basque.

More information at the Tourist Office, at turismo@vitoria-gasteiz.org or by phone at +34 945 161 598.

Must-sees

1. Look at the façade of the building: with a single u-shaped court, this building had to be specially designed to fit into the city wall and to cope with the uneven terrain.
2. Go and see the 16th-century Flemish tapestry, from the school of Brussels, which tells the story of the Escape of Aeneas and his family from Troy.
3. Contemplate the limestone escutcheon on the façade.
4. Walk around the outside of the palace: Plaza del Machete and San Miguel Church.

Location

Plaza del Machete, s/n, 01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz.

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