Casa Salazar

One of the most important buildings in Santa Cruz de la Palma is the Salazar Main House, it is known as the most important house in the Salazar family, a family originally from the Burgos Valley, and is one of the houses that said family had in La Palma.

The mansion of Salazar was built by Ventura de Frías Salazar, field master, knight of the Order of Calatrava and governed by Palma Council between 1631 and shortly after 1642.

The first thing that strikes the attention of the Casa de Salazar is the façade, built with carvings, with elegant lines and the assumption on the island of La Palma of elements of the baroque as helical shafts in its columns. It also has friezes decorated with rosettes, central balcony with wrought iron sill and top finish in split pediment, there you can see the shield of Salazar, made of marble and formed by thirteen gold stars on field of gules.

At present the Casa de Salaza r is owned by the Cabildo de La Palma, it was restored and today it has become a cultural center in Santa Cruz de la Palma. The facilities of the Casa de Salazar usually host congresses, work meetings and some exhibitions.