The palace is free to visit, the furniture and room decorations are beautiful. We saw a couple of tango dancers performing on the palace's steps, very romantic and moving.
Wonderful palace. It ia pity that it has not been well maintained. Uruguay does not respect the old buildings in its capital city.
We came here on a summer's rainy afternoon. The staff was very welcoming, and the visit was free. We enjoyed seeing the period furnishings and paintings. A nice glimpse into Urugyuan history.
A beautiful building from yesterday housing wonderful and true to the period furnishings and artifacts. From the fresco to the art and the furniture and wall and ceiling decor it takes you back to another time. Too bad these wasn't a time machine.
Beautiful furnishings---especially loved the decorated Pleyel piano--amazing. Not a big place, but very well-kept and like stepping back in time
I took some of my favourite photos from my trip to Uruguay in this house. You can get a glimpse into what life was like from a bygone era. Presently, the building houses the Museum of Decorative Arts. Highlights include the ballroom, staircase, piano and garden. Highly recommend visiting if you like older homes and architecture. Admission: Free.
Beautiful old house in La Ciudad Vieja. Must have been really amazing in its day, but needs some TLC for restorations. Free entry, but might be better to charge a fee to help with the cost of maintaining it.
Palacio Taranco is a lovely old building that offers a sense of what it would have been like to live here many years ago. The museum is free. The 1st and 2nd floors of the house are partially furnished and grandiose. For some reason, there is old Italian pottery in the remodeled basement museum.The Palacio faces the lovely Plaza Zabala, where I can hear the parrots in the trees but never see them.Just down the street from the Palacio, facing the Plaza is Valentino's, a cafeteria type restaurant that offers 4 or so daily specials, all around $200p. Finally, a reasonably priced restaurant in Montevideo!
Fascinating to visit and imagine life in this palace. The appeal is that this is of a modest size and you can imagine living here. Well preserved and worth visiting.
Attracted by the architecture and discovered with marvel this home of a turn of the century import-export millionaire of Ururguay. The 2 pleyel piano are beautiful and all the interio including the wooded panels and floor. There are a number of interesting painting one by Ghirardello a Madonna and there is an exhibit ongoing on Goya. In the basement there are artifacts early roman etc...