Casa
Padilla (Padilla House).
Address: 25 de Mayo 36.
This
house dates from around 1870, it is remarkable because of the treatment
of the facade with pilasters, cornice and wrought iron railings which are the
most outstanding characteristics of Italian architecture. These were the special
architectural traits which were determinant for its preservation over the years.
It belonged to Governor José Frías, who divided
the house into two parts and handed them over to his two children during his lifetime.
Thus Doña Lastenta Frías de Padilla settled there with his
husband, Angel Cruz Padilla, the city mayor. Padilla's descendants donated
the original furniture of the house, thanks to which a furniture museum could
be created with a setting capable of transmitting an idea of what the interior
of houses was like during the past century.