La casa de las conchas is a building of Salamanca. It was started to built at the end of the 15th century. It gets this name by more than 300 shells on its walls. The building follows the style of the mudejar art. It has a backyard that also follows this type of art.
There are some legends about this building but the most famous is that below a shell there is a gold coin that bring luck to the building. Another legend tells that the family owned the building hidden their jewelry under a shell. The family written down the value of their jewelry but not which was the shell that hidden them. Thus, who wanted to try to find the jewelry, he had to pay a depost, with the amount of money written down by the family. If he could find the jewelry, he could appropiate them. On the other hand, if that didn’t happen, the seeker lost his money.
Article and pictures by Ana Sánchez
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